Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about hundred 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
- Rhagoletis alternata (Fallén, 1814)
- Rhagoletis basiola. (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Rhagoletis berberis. Jermy, 1961
- Rhagoletis boycei. Cresson, 1929
- Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rhagoletis chionanthi. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis cingulata. (Loew, 1862)
- Rhagoletis completa. Cresson, 1929
- Rhagoletis cornivora. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis ebbettsi. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis electromorpha. Berlocher, 1984
- Rhagoletis fausta. (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Rhagoletis indifferens. Curran, 1932
- Rhagoletis juglandis. Cresson, 1920
- Rhagoletis jumiperina. Marcovitch, 1915
- Rhagoletis meigenii (Loew, 1844)
- Rhagoletis mendax. Curran, 1932
- Rhagoletis osmanthi. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis persimilis. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis pomonella. (Walsh, 1867)
- Rhagoletis ribicola. Doane, 1898
- Rhagoletis striatella. Wulp, 1899
- Rhagoletis suavis. (Loew, 1862)
- Rhagoletis tabellaria. (Fitch, 1855)
- Rhagoletis zephyria. Snow, 1894
External Links
On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site