Biology:Atherigona

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Short description: Genus of flies

Atherigona
Atherigona reversura
Atherigona reversura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Atherigona
Rondani, 1856

Atherigona is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae.[1][2]

Pests

Larvae of some Atherigona species are important pests in cultivation of cereals, like rice and maize. Many are known as shoot flies. Some important species include:[3][4][5][6]

Species

See also

  • List of dipterans of Sri Lanka

References

  1. Couri, Márcia S. (2007). "A key to the Afrotropical genera of Muscidae (Diptera)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia (Curitiba, Brasil: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia) 24 (1): 175–184. doi:10.1590/s0101-81752007000100022. ISSN 0085-5626. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v24n1/22.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
  2. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/atherigona/match/1. 
  3. Kalaisekar, A.; Padmaja, P.G.; Bhagwat, V.R.; Patil, J.V. (2017). Insect Pests of Millets: Systematics, Bionomics, and Management. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128042434/insect-pests-of-millets. 
  4. Gahukar, Ruparao T; Reddy, Gadi V P; Royer, Tom (2019). "Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet". Journal of Integrated Pest Management 10 (1). doi:10.1093/jipm/pmz026. ISSN 2155-7470. 
  5. Prasad, G.S.; Babu, K.S. (2016). "Insect Pest Resistance in Pearl Millet and Small Millets". Biotic Stress Resistance in Millets. pp. 147–169. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804549-7.00005-6. ISBN 9780128045497. 
  6. Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14502078 entry