Goniurellia tridens is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Goniurellia of the family Tephritidae.[2] Each wing of a Goniurellia tridens fly is transparent and bears a “precisely detailed image of an ant-like insect”.[3]
Goniurellia tridens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
Tribe: | Tephritini |
Genus: | Goniurellia |
Species: | G. tridens
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Binomial name | |
Goniurellia tridens | |
Synonyms | |
Distribution
editPalestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Canary Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Hendel, F. (1910). "Über acalyptrate Musciden". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 29. Wien: E. Reitter: 101–127. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zacharias, Anna (Jul 28, 2012). "Fruit fly with the wings of beauty". National News UAE. Retrieved 22 October 2021.