Metasphenisca parallela

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| genus = Metasphenisca

| species = parallela

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| authority = Hering, 1935{{cite journal |last1=Hering |first1=E.M. |title=Neue Bohrfliegen aus Afrika. (Dipt.) (5. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae) |journal=Konowia |date=1935 |volume=14 |pages=154–158 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/KON_14_0154-0158.pdf |access-date=1 March 2021}}

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Metasphenisca parallela is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Metasphenisca of the family Tephritidae.{{cite journal |last1=Norrbom |first1=A.L. |last2=Carroll |first2=L.E. |last3=Thompson |first3=F.C. |last4=White |first4=I.M |last5=Freidberg |first5=A. |title=Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. |journal=Myia |date=1999 |volume=9 |pages=vii + 524}}