Biology:Marriottella sepsoides

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Short description: Species of fly

Marriottella sepsoides
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Marriottella
Species:
M. sepsoides
Binomial name
Marriottella sepsoides
Freidberg & Merz, 2006[1]

Marriottella sepsoides is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Marriottella of the family Tephritidae. They have a wing length of less than 2 mm and feed on the flowerheads of Helichrysum. They are mainly found in South Africa . [2]

References

  1. Freidberg, A.; Merz, B. (2006). "A revision of Gymnosagena group of genera (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae)". Israel Journal of Entomology 35-36: 367–422.. http://www.entomology.org.il/sites/default/files/pdfs/p.367%20freidberg%20and%20merz.pdf. Retrieved 8 April 2021. 
  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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14662350 entry