Rhagoletis

Rhagoletis
Rhagoletis cerasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Trypetinae
Tribe:	Carpomyiini
Subtribe:	Carpomyina
Genus:	Rhagoletis Loew, 1862
Species
R. mendax R. zephyria R. pomonella Lonicera fly many others
Diversity
ca. 70 species
Synonyms
Zonosema Loew, 1862

Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about hundred species.

Name

The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.

Species

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• Rhagoletis alternata (Fallén, 1814)
• Rhagoletis basiola. (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Rhagoletis berberis. Jermy, 1961
• Rhagoletis boycei. Cresson, 1929
• Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) cherry fruit fly
• Rhagoletis chionanthi. Bush, 1966
• Rhagoletis cingulata. (Loew, 1862) eastern cherry fruit fly
• Rhagoletis completa. Cresson, 1929 Walnut Husk Fly
• Rhagoletis cornivora. Bush, 1966
• Rhagoletis ebbettsi. Bush, 1966
• Rhagoletis electromorpha. Berlocher, 1984
• Rhagoletis fausta. (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Rhagoletis indifferens. Curran, 1932 cherry fruit fly
• Rhagoletis juglandis. Cresson, 1920 walnut-husk-infesting fly
• Rhagoletis jumiperina. Marcovitch, 1915
• Rhagoletis meigenii (Loew, 1844)
• Rhagoletis mendax. Curran, 1932 blueberry maggot
• Rhagoletis osmanthi. Bush, 1966
• Rhagoletis persimilis. Bush, 1966
• Rhagoletis pomonella. (Walsh, 1867) apple maggot fly, railroad worm
• Rhagoletis ribicola. Doane, 1898
• Rhagoletis striatella. Wulp, 1899
• Rhagoletis suavis. (Loew, 1862) Walnut Husk Maggot
• Rhagoletis tabellaria. (Fitch, 1855)
• Rhagoletis zephyria. Snow, 1894

External links

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

• Rhagoletis cingulata, eastern cherry fruit fly
• Rhagoletis pomonella, apple maggot fly

Database

• Tephritid Workers Database