Terellia ruficauda is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic .[3][4][5] The larvae feed on Cirsium arvense.[6]

Terellia ruficauda
Terellia ruficauda Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Terelliini
Genus: Terellia
Species:
T. ruficauda
Binomial name
Terellia ruficauda
(Fabricius, 1794)[1]
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Distribution

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Central & North Europe, East Russia, Introduced to Canada, United States.

References

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  1. ^ a b Fabricius, Johan Christian (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tome IV. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C.G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ Curran, Charles Howard (1934). "The Diptera of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species from other British Guiana localities" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 66: 287–532. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. ^ Fauna Europaea
  4. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4 .
  5. ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  6. ^ 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.