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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Holometabola > Diptera > Tephritidae

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Tephritidae  

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  • Trypetidae

Scope note

  • A large family of fruit flies in the order DIPTERA, comprising over 4,500 species in about 100 genera. They have patterned wings and brightly colored bodies and are found predominantly in the tropical latitudes.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D033621

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