TEPHRITIDAE
(gall flies, greater fruit flies)

TEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 21 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 7 trophisms
Genus 9 subtaxa 27 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 22 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 7 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 23 trophisms
Species 32 trophisms
Species 12 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 7 trophisms 1 references
Species 9 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 10 trophisms
Species 8 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Genus 12 subtaxa 39 trophisms 4 references
Genus 10 subtaxa 35 trophisms 5 references
Species 15 trophisms
Species 31 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 47 trophisms 2 references
Genus 7 subtaxa 50 trophisms 3 references
Species 8 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Clemons, L. 1998 A Field Guide to Identifying British Tephritids 14pp
Ellis, W.N. Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi bladmineerders.nl
Hendel, F. 1927 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 49 Trypetidae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, Vol 16, 263 edition, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
() Storey, M.W. 2018 A Pictorial Guide to the Tephritidae of Britain and Ireland
White, I.M. 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
  • Larvae/Leaf-miners

  • Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
    Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk
  • Plant Galls

  • Anon. British Galls
    () Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council

    TEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to TEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies):

    Most of these small flies have well-marked (picture) wings. Some species are very common on or near their host plants in high summer. A few (Tephritis spp) hibernate as adults and can be found by searching grass tussocks etc during the winter.

    Although the family is called "Gall Flies", only a minority of species have larvae which actually cause galls. The rest are internal feeders in fruits, stems or leaves.

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