Orthocanthoides

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| taxon = Orthocanthoides

| authority = Freidberg, 1987{{cite journal |last1=Freidberg |first1=A. |title=Orthocanthoides aristae, a remarkable new genus and species of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Mt. Kenya |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |date=1987 |volume=28 |pages=551-559 |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_406 |access-date=4 April 2021}}

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| type_species = Orthocanthoides aristae

| type_species_authority = Freidberg, 1987

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Orthocanthoides is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in 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}}