Desmella Explained

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

Species

• Desmella anceps (Loew, 1861)
• Desmella clarinetta (Munro, 1939)^[2]
• Desmella conyzae (Frauenfeld, 1857)^[3]
• Desmella myiopitoides (Bezzi, 1908)^[4]
• Desmella rostellata (Séguy, 1941)^[5]

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. . Some new species of South African Trypetidae (Diptera), including one from Madagascar . Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa . 1939 . 2 . 1 . 139–153 . 13 March 2021.
3. Frauenfeld . G.R. von . Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Trypeten nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten . Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien . 1857 . 22 . 523–557, 1 pl . 14 February 2021.
4. Bezzi . M. . Ditteri Eritrei raccolti dal Dott. Andreini e dal Prof.Tellini. Parte Seconda. Diptera Cyclorrhapha . Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana . 1908 . 39[1907] . 3–199 . 24 February 2021.
5. Séguy . E. . Diptères recueillis par M. Berland dans le Sud Marocain . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 1941 . 110 . 1–23.