Rhagoletis
| Rhagoletis | |
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| Rhagoletis cerasi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Trypetinae |
| Tribe: | Carpomyini |
| Subtribe: | Carpomyina |
| Genus: | Rhagoletis Loew, 1862 |
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| Diversity | |
| ca. 70 species | |
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Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 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 acuticornis (Steyskal, 1979)
- Rhagoletis adusta Foote, 1981
- Rhagoletis almatensis Rohdendorf, 1961
- Rhagoletis alternata (Fallén, 1814)
- Rhagoletis basiola (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958
- Rhagoletis berberidis Jermy, 1961
- Rhagoletis berberis Jermy, 1961
- Rhagoletis bezziana (Hendel, 1931)
- Rhagoletis blanchardi Aczel, 1954
- Rhagoletis boycei Cresson, 1929
- Rhagoletis brncici Frías, 2001
- Rhagoletis caucasica Kandybina & Richter, 1976
- Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) – cherry fruit fly
- Rhagoletis chionanthi Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis chumsanica (Rohdendorf, 1961)
- Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew, 1862) – eastern cherry fruit fly
- Rhagoletis completa Cresson, 1929
- Rhagoletis conversa (Brethes, 1919)
- Rhagoletis cornivora Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis ebbettsi Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis electromorpha Berlocher, 1984
- Rhagoletis emiliae Richter, 1974
- Rhagoletis fausta (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Rhagoletis ferruginea Hendel, 1927
- Rhagoletis flavicincta Enderlein, 1934
- Rhagoletis flavigenualis Hering, 1958
- Rhagoletis freidbergi Korneyev & Korneyev, 2019
- Rhagoletis indifferens Curran, 1932 – western cherry fruit fly
- Rhagoletis jamaicensis Foote, 1981
- Rhagoletis juglandis Cresson, 1920 – walnut husk fly
- Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch, 1915
- Rhagoletis kurentsovi (Rohdendorf, 1961)
- Rhagoletis lycopersella Smyth, 1960
- Rhagoletis macquartii (Loew, 1873)
- Rhagoletis magniterebra (Rohdendorf, 1961)
- Rhagoletis meigenii (Loew, 1844)
- Rhagoletis mendax Curran, 1932 – blueberry maggot
- Rhagoletis metallica (Schiner, 1868)
- Rhagoletis mongolica Kandybina, 1972
- Rhagoletis nova (Schiner, 1868)
- Rhagoletis ochraspis (Wiedemann, 1830)
- Rhagoletis osmanthi Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis penela Foote, 1981
- Rhagoletis persimilis Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh, 1867) – apple maggot fly, railroad worm
- Rhagoletis psalida Hendel, 1914
- Rhagoletis ramosae Hernandez-Ortiz, 1985
- Rhagoletis reducta Hering, 1936
- Rhagoletis rhytida Hendel, 1914
- Rhagoletis ribicola Doane, 1898
- Rhagoletis rumpomaculata Hardy, 1964
- Rhagoletis samojlovitshae (Rohdendorf, 1961)
- Rhagoletis scutellata Zia, 1938
- Rhagoletis striatella Wulp, 1899
- Rhagoletis suavis (Loew, 1862) – walnut husk maggot
- Rhagoletis tabellaria (Fitch, 1855)
- Rhagoletis tomatis Foote, 1981
- Rhagoletis turanica (Rohdendorf, 1961)
- Rhagoletis turpiniae Hernandez-Ortiz, 1993
- Rhagoletis willinki Aczel, 1951
- Rhagoletis zephyria Snow, 1894
- Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927
- Rhagoletis zoqui Bush, 1966
Synonyms:
- Rhagoletis achraspis Aczel, 1954: Synonym of Rhagoletis tomatis Foote, 1981
- Rhagoletis caurina Doane, 1899: Synonym of Urophora caurina (Doane, 1899)
- Rhagoletis grindeliae Coquillett, 1908: Synonym of Urophora grindeliae (Coquillett, 1908)
- Rhagoletis juniperinus Marcovitch, 1915: Synonym of Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch, 1915
- Rhagoletis sapporensis Matsumura, 1916: Synonym of Matsumurania sapporensis (Matsumura, 1916)
- Rhagoletis symphoricarpi Curran, 1924: Synonym of Rhagoletis zephyria Snow, 1894
- Rhagoletis willincki Foote, 1967: Synonym of Rhagoletis willinki Aczel, 1951
External links
On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site