Dicheniotes ternarius

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| genus = Dicheniotes

| species = ternarius

| authority = (Loew, 1861){{cite journal |last1=Loew |first1=H. |title=Ueber die afrikanischen Trypetina |journal=Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift |date=1861 |volume=5 |pages=253–306, pl. II |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9840217#page/285/mode/1up |access-date=17 February 2021}}

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• Trypeta ternaria Loew, 1861{{cite journal|last1=Loew|first1=Hermann|title=Bidrag till Kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera.|journal=Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar|date=1862|volume=19|pages=3–14|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52758#page/11/mode/1up |accessdate=6 May 2019}}
• Pediapelta ternaria (Loew, 1861)

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Dicheniotes ternarius is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. It was formerly classified under the genus Pediapelta but as since been reassined to the genus Dicheniotes. Hancock, D. L. (2012). Systematic and distributional notes on some Australasian and African species of Platensina Enderlein and Dicheniotes Munro (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae), with description of a new species of Dicheniotes from Kenya. The Australian Entomologist, 39(4), 305-320.

CLASSIFICATION

Dicheniotes ternarius belongs to the Tephritidae family, commonly known as fruit flies, which are distinguished from the smaller Drosophilidae fruit flies.

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION

Members of the genus Dicheniotes are typically found in specific ecological zones, often associated with particular host plants, although specific details about D.ternarius may require further research.

SIGNIFICANCE

Like other tephritid flies, Dicheniotes ternarius may play a role on ecosystems as pollinators or as pests, depending on its interactions with host plants. Many tephritid species are known to infest fruits, potentially causing agricultural damage.