Biology:Goniurellia tridens

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Short description: Species of fly

Goniurellia tridens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Goniurellia
Species:
G. tridens
Binomial name
Goniurellia tridens
(Hendel, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Urellia augur var. tridens Hendel, 1910[1]

Goniurellia tridens is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Goniurellia of the family Tephritidae.[2] Each wing of a Goniurellia tridens fly is transparent and bears a “precisely detailed image of an ant-like insect”.[3]

Distribution

Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan , India , Canary Islands.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hendel, F. (1910). "Über acalyptrate Musciden". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung (Wien: E. Reitter) 29: 101–127. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44117#page/125/mode/1up. Retrieved 6 December 2015. 
  2. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database.". Myia 9: vii + 524. 
  3. Zacharias, Anna (Jul 28, 2012). "Fruit fly with the wings of beauty". National News UAE. https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/fruit-fly-with-the-wings-of-beauty-1.364064. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14661937 entry