Metasphenisca nigricosta

Metasphenisca nigricosta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephrellini
Genus:	Metasphenisca
Species:	M. nigricosta
Binomial name
	Metasphenisca nigricosta; (Bezzi, 1908)
Synonyms
	Aciura nigricosta Bezzi, 1908;

Metasphenisca nigricosta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Metasphenisca of the family Tephritidae.^[2]

Distribution

^ ^a ^b Bezzi, M. (1908). "Ditteri Eritrei raccolti dal Dott. Andreini e dal Prof.Tellini. Parte Seconda. Diptera Cyclorrhapha". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 39[1907]: 3–199. Retrieved 24 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.

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