Aciurina thoracica is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae.[2] It induces galls on plants from the genus Baccharis. [3]
| Aciurina thoracica | |
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| Desert Broom Gall formed by Aciurina thoracica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Dithrycini |
| Genus: | Aciurina |
| Species: | A. thoracica
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| Binomial name | |
| Aciurina thoracica | |
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ Curran, Charles Howard (1932). "New species of Trypaneidae, with key to the North American genera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (556): 1–19. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
- ^ Korneyev, Valery A. (2021-08-12). "Gall-Inducing Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Evolution and Host–Plant Relations". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.578323. ISSN 2296-701X.