Acanthiophilus Explained

Acanthiophilus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[1]

Species

• A. brunneus Munro, 1934^[2]
• A. ciconia Munro, 1957^[3]
• A. helianthi (Rossi, 1794)^[4]
• A. lugubris Hering, 1939^[5]
• A. minor Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015^[6]
• A. summissus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015^[6]
• A. unicus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015^[6]
• A. walkeri (Wollaston, 1858)

The following have been reassigned to other genera:^[6]

• A. astrophorus Hering, 1939^[5]
• A. coarctatus Hering, 1942
• A. koehleri Hering, 1940^[7]
• A. melanoxanthus Hering, 1938
• A. trypaneodes Hering, 1937^[8]

Global distribution

Acanthiophilus is a predominantly Afrotropical genus. One species, A. helianthi is found in Europe, to Mongolia, North Africa, Afghanistan & Thailand.^[9] as well as at the Canary islands, in India and Sri-Lanka.

External links

• Web site: Study Describes Three New Species of Fruit Flies and Revises Their Genus. Entomology Today . Entomological Society of America. October 2, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Norrbom . A.L. . Carroll . L.E. . Thompson . F.C. . White . I.M . Freidberg . A. . Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. . Myia . 1999 . 9 . vii + 524.
2. Munro . H.K. . Further notes on African Trypetidae (Diptera) in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of three new species . American Museum Novitates . 1934 . 739 . 5 . 5 February 2021.
3. Munro . H.K. . Trypetidae, . Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-1935. British Museum (Natural History) . 1957 . 2 . 9 . 853–1054.
4. Book: Rossi . P. . Mantissa insectorum, exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas, adiectis Faunae Etruscae illustrationibus, ac emendationibus . 1794 . Polloni . Pisis [=Pisa]. . 154 pp., 8 pls.
5. Hering . E.M. . Neue Trypetiden der Erde (25. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden) . Verh. VII Int. Kongr. Ent. . 1939 . 1 . 165–190.
6. Elizabeth. Morgulis. Amnon. Freidberg. Netta. Dorchin. Phylogenetic Revision of Acanthiophilus (Diptera: Tephritidae), With a Description of Three New Species and a Discussion of Zoogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2015. 108. 6. 1060–1087. 10.1093/aesa/sav087.
7. Hering . E.M. . Alte und neue Bohrfliegen der Erde. 29. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden (Dipt.). . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . 101 . 23–34.
8. Hering . E.M. . Neue Bohrfliegen aus der Beckerschen Sammlung. (Dipt.) (16. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae) . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin . 1937 . 22 . 244–264..
9. Web site: Acanthiophilus Becker, 1908 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622101248/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=62473 . dead . June 22, 2011 . Fauna Europaea version 2.2 . October 5, 2010 . October 5, 2010.