Paratephritis abstractus

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|genus = Paratephritis

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|authority = Munro, 1935{{cite journal |last1=Munro |first1=H.K. |title=Records of Indian Trypetidae (Diptera) with descriptions of some apparently new species |journal=Records of the Indian Museum |date=1935 |volume=37 |pages=15–27 |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/037/01/0015-0027.pdf |access-date=4 March 2021}}

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Paratephritis abstractus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Paratephritis 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}}