Tephrodesis

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| taxon = Tephrodesis

| authority = Merz, 1999{{cite book |last1=Merz |first1=B. |title=Phylogeny of the Paleartic and Afrotropical genera of the Tephritis group (Tephritinae: Tephritini). Pp. 629-669. In Aluja, M. & Norrbom, A. L. (eds.), Fruit flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior |date=1999 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |pages=[16] + 944 pp}}

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| type_species = Trypanea pulchella

| type_species_authority = Bezzi, 1924{{cite journal |last1=Bezzi |first1=M. |title=South African trypaneid Diptera in the collection of the South African Museum |journal=Annals of the South African Museum |date=1924 |volume=19 |pages=449–577 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40677990#page/501/mode/1up |access-date=1 February 2021}}

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Tephrodesis 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}}