Rhagoletis

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| image = Rhagoletis cerasi01.jpg

| image_caption = Rhagoletis cerasi

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Rhagoletis

| authority = Loew, 1862

| diversity_link = List of Rhagoletis species

| diversity = ca. 70 species

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *R. mendax

many others

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| synonyms =

  • Megarrhagoletis Rohdendorf, 1961
  • Microrrhagoletis Rohdendorf, 1961
  • Rhagolitis Van Duzee, 1911
  • Zonosema Loew, 1862
  • Zonosena Johnson, 1903

}}

File:Rhagoletis suavis.jpg

Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 species.

Name

The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.

Species

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Synonyms:

Database

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828104940/http://www.tephritid.org/twd/srv/en/home Tephritid Workers Database]

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Category:Tephritidae genera

Category:Taxa named by Hermann Loew