Acrotaenia Explained

Acrotaenia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Acrotaenia latipennis (Wiedemann, 1830) — Brazil
• Acrotaenia otopappi Doane, 1899^[3] — Mexico
• Acrotaenia spadix Bates, 1934^[4] — Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic
• Acrotaenia tarsata Wulp, 1899^[5] — Mexico, Belize
• Acrotaenia testudinea (Loew, 1873) — United States (Florida), Greater Antilles
• Acrotaenia trisignata Foote, 1960^[6] — The Bahamas

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. Book: Foote . Richard H. . Blanc . F. L. . Norrbom . Allen L. . 1993 . Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera : Tephritidae of America North of Mexico) . Comstock Publishing Associates . 1–576 . 978-0801426230 . registration .
3. Doane . R.W. . Notes on Trypetidae with descriptions of new species. . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 1899 . 7 . 177–193, pls. 3–4 . 7 February 2021.
4. Bates . M. . Notes on American Trypetidae (Diptera) II . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1933 . 40 . 48–56 . 10.1155/1933/39870 . 4 March 2021 . free .
5. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae . Biol. Centr.-Am. Ins.: Dipt. . 1899 . 2 . 409–416.
6. Foote . R.H. . The genus Tephritis Latreille in the Nearctic Region north of Mexico: Descriptions of four new species and notes on others (Diptera: Tephritidae). . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1960 . 33 . 71–85.