Paratephritis formosensis

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|genus = Paratephritis

|species = formosensis

|authority = Shiraki, 1933{{cite journal |last1=Shiraki |first1=T. |title=A systematic study of Trypetidae in the Japanese Empire |journal=Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture; Taihoku Imperial University |date=1933 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=1–509}}

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Paratephritis formosensis 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}}