Paracantha Explained

Paracantha is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[1]

Species

• Paracantha australis Malloch, 1933^[2]
• Paracantha culta (Wiedemann, 1830)
• Paracantha cultaris (Coquillett, 1894)^[3]
• Paracantha dentata Aczél, 1952^[4]
• Paracantha forficula Benjamin, 1934^[5]
• Paracantha genalis Malloch, 1941
• Paracantha gentilis Hering, 1940^[6]
• Paracantha haywardi Aczél, 1952^[4]
• Paracantha multipuncta Malloch, 1941
• Paracantha ruficallosa Hering, 1937^[7]
• Paracantha trinotata (Foote, 1978)

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• Doorenweerd . C.. Leblanc . L.. Norrbom . A.L.. Jose . M.S.. Rubinoff . D.. 4. 2018. A global checklist of the 932 fruit fly species in the tribe Dacini (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys. 730. 10.3897/zookeys.730.21786. free . 29416395 . 5799784 . 19–56.
• Book: Foote . Richard H.. Blanc . P.L.. Norrbom . Allen L.. 1993. Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing). 10.1086/418796.
• Book: McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. 4. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. 978-0660121253.
• Book: Norrbom . A.L.. Carroll . L.E.. Thompson . F.C.. White . I.M.. Freidberg . A.. Thompson . F.C.. 4. 1998. Systematic database of names. Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. Myia. 9. 65–251. 90-5782-013-7.

External links

• Web site: 2018-05-04. Diptera.info.

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. Malloch . J.R. . Acalyptrata . Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 1933 . 6 . 177–391.
3. Coquillett . Daniel William . New North American Trypetidae . The Canadian Entomologist . 1894 . 26 . 3 . 71–75 . 10.4039/Ent2671-3 . 9 February 2021.
4. Aczél . M.L. . Revision parcial del genero americano Paracantha Coquillett (Diptera, Trypetidae) . Acta Zoologica Lilloana . 1953 . 10[1952] . 199–243.
5. Benjamin . F.H. . Descriptions of some native trypetid flies with notes on their habits . Technical Bulletin, United States Department of Agriculture . 1934 . 401 . 1–95.
6. Hering . E.M. . Neue alt- und neuweltliche Bohrfliegen (Diptera: Trypetidae). (27. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae) . Arb. Morphol. Taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem . 1940 . 7 . 50–57.
7. Hering . E.M. . Neue neotropische Bohrfliegen aus dem Hamburger Museum (Dipt.) (18. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden) . Revista de Entomologia . 1937 . 7 . 296–302.