Themara Explained

Themara is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. Many species have the head elongated sideways with the eyes placed on the extensions. Their biology is largely unknown but are thought to breed on rotting wooden logs or tree trunks.[1]

There are about 10 species distributed in South and Southeast Asia and include:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Australian Entomologist. 2014. 41. 4. 213–216 . A new species of Themara Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae: Acanthonevrini) from the Indian Andaman Islands. Hancock, David L.. Whitmore, Daniel.
  2. Fruit flies of the subtribe Acanthonevrina of Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck and Solomon Islands (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Acanthonevrini). Hardy, D. Elmo. Pacific Insects Monograph. 42. 1986. 133–141.

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