Metasphenisca Explained

Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[1] There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula.^[2]

Species

• Metasphenisca atricomata Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca axilatra Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca bezziana (Enderlein, 1911)^[3]
• Metasphenisca bifaria Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca caeca (Bezzi, 1908)^[4]
• Metasphenisca discocephala Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca ghenti Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca gracilipes (Loew, 1862)
• Metasphenisca grandidieri (Bezzi, 1924)^[5]
• Metasphenisca haematopoda (Bezzi, 1924)^[5]
• Metasphenisca hazelae Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca interrupta (Munro, 1929)^[6]
• Metasphenisca longulior (Munro, 1929)^[6]
• Metasphenisca marmorea Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca micrura Hering, 1942^[7]
• Metasphenisca negeviana (Freidberg, 1974)^[8]
• Metasphenisca nigricans (Wiedemann, 1830)^[9]
• Metasphenisca nigricosta (Bezzi, 1908)^[4]
• Metasphenisca nigriseta (Bezzi, 1924)^[5]
• Metasphenisca pallidifemur Hancock, 1991^[10]
• Metasphenisca parallela Hering, 1935^[11]
• Metasphenisca parilis Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1846)^[12]
• Metasphenisca reinhardi (Wiedemann, 1824)^[13]
• Metasphenisca rubida Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca spathuliniforma Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968^[14]
• Metasphenisca tetrachaeta (Bezzi, 1918)^[15]
• Metasphenisca transilis Munro, 1947
• Metasphenisca zernyi Hering, 1941^[16]

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: Hancock . D.L. . Freidberg . A. . Friedman . A.-L.-L. . Tephritidae (true fruit flies) . 2021 . South African National Biodiversity Institute . Pretoria . 978-1-928224-13-6 . 1669–1734 . 25 August 2022.
3. Enderlein . G. . Trypetiden-Studien . Zoologischer Jahrbucher (Syst.) . 1911 . 31 . 407–460 . 21 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. Bezzi . Mario . Trypaneides d'Afrique (Dipt.) de la collection du Museum National de Paris. (Suite.) [concl.] . Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris . 1924 . 1924 . 88–91.
6. Munro . H.K. . Additional trypetid material in the collection of the South African Museum (Trypetidae, Diptera) . Annals of the South African Museum . 1929 . 29 . 1–39 . 1 February 2021.
7. Hering . E.M. . Neue Gattungen und Arten von Fruchtfliegen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Universitat Berlin (Dipt.). (41. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae) . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. . 1942 . 25 . 274–291.
8. Freidberg . A. . Descriptions of new Tephritidae (Diptera) from Israel . Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa . 1974 . 37 . 49–62 . 11 February 2021.
9. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
10. Hancock . D.L. . Tephrellini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae) from Madagascar . Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa . 1991 . 54 . 2 . 173–184 . 1 March 2021.
11. Hering . E.M. . Neue Bohrfliegen aus Afrika. (Dipt.) (5. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae) . Konowia . 1935 . 14 . 154–158 . 1 March 2021.
12. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1] ]. 1846 . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts . Lille . 133–364, 20 pls . 5 December 2020.
13. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus Analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniens: maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat . 1824 . Kiliae,eregio typoguapheo scholarum. 1–60 . 11 May 2020.
14. Dirlbek . Jan . Dirlbek . Karel . Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. Trypetidae, Diptera. . Cas. Morav. Mus. Ved. Prir. . 1968 . 53 (suppl.) . 173–180.
15. Bezzi . Mario . Notes on the Ethiopian fruit-flies of the family Trypaneidae, other than Dacus (s.l.) (Dipt.). --II . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 1918 . 9 . 13–46 . 5 February 2021.
16. Hering . E.M. . Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes. I. Diptera: Trypetidae . Annalen der Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien . 1941 . (1940) 51 . 193–205.