Sphenella fascigera

Sphenella fascigera
Tephritis fascigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Sphenella
Species:
S. fascigera
Binomial name
Sphenella fascigera
Malloch, 1931

Sphenella fascigera or the Senecio gall fly is a species of fruit fly that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the genus Sphenella of the family Tephritidae, one of two families that are called "fruit flies". Its grubs gall in stems and capitula of plants in the Senecio genus.

References

  1. ↑ Malloch, J.R. (1931). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part VIII. -- Trypetidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 389–404.
  2. ↑ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
  3. ↑ "Senecio Gall Fly (Sphenella fascigera)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sphenella fascigera (Malloch, 1931)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Martin, Nicholas A. "Senecio gall fly - Sphenella fascigera". New Zealand Arthropod Factsheet Series Number 31. Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. Retrieved 10 April 2021.