Eurosta Explained

Eurosta is a genus of gall maker flies in the family Tephritidae (known as fruit flies in North America and picture wing flies in Europe).^[1] There are seven species in the genus, all in North America.

Species

• E. comma (Wiedemann, 1830)^[2]
• E. cribrata (Wulp, 1867)^[3]
• E. fenestrata Snow, 1894^[4]
• E. floridensis Foote, 1977^[5]
• E. lateralis (Wiedemann, 1830)^[2]
• E. latifrons (Loew, 1862)^[6]
• E. solidaginis (Fitch, 1855)^[7]

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: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
3. Wulp . F.M. van der . Eenige Noord-Americaansche Diptera . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 1867 . 10 . 125–164, pl. 3–5 . 12 March 2021.
4. Snow . W.A. . Descriptions of North American Trypetidae, with notes. Paper I . The Kansas University Quarterly . 1894 . 2 . 159–174, 2 pls.
5. Steyskal . G.C. . Foote . R.H. . Revisionary notes on North American Tephritidae (Diptera), with keys and descriptions of new species . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1977 . 79 . 146–155 . 12 March 2021.
6. Loew . H. . Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I. . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 1862 . 6 . 1 [= No. 141] . xxiv + 221.
7. Zurovchak. Joseph G.. Shealer. David A. . 1996. Mortality Sources of Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Inhabiting Single versus Double-Galled Stems of Goldenrod. American Midland Naturalist. 136. 1. 94–100. The University of Notre Dame . 10.2307/2426634. 2426634.