ABSTRACT
Czerny ...............................................................................................601 23.5.2
Eurasimona
Korneyev and White, n. stat. ............................................................602 23.5.3
Goedenia
, n. gen. ..................................................................................................602 23.5.4
Inuromaesa
Korneyev and White, n. stat. ............................................................603 23.5.5
Myopites
Blot ........................................................................................................605 23.5.6
Myopitora
Korneyev and White, n. stat................................................................606 23.5.7
Neomyopites
, n. gen. .............................................................................................607 23.5.8
Rhynencina
Johnson..............................................................................................608 23.5.9
Spinicosta
, n. gen. .................................................................................................609 23.5.10
Stamnophora
Munro .............................................................................................610 23.5.11
Urophora
Robineau-Desvoidy ..............................................................................610 23.6 Biology, Immature Stages and Economic Importance .......................................................611 23.7 Phylogenetic Analysis and Classification ...........................................................................613 23.8 Conclusions and Future Research Needs ...........................................................................624 Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................625 References ......................................................................................................................................625
Despite the well-recognized economic importance of fruit flies, their higher classification has been unstable and their phylogeny is poorly resolved. One reason is that most tephritid taxonomists have treated the family on a regional basis and usually did not analyze large taxa comprehensively. Another is that there seems to be considerable homoplasy in some characters that have been used in tephritid higher classification, for example, chaetotaxy and wing pattern. By looking at a large number of characters, using the latest phylogenetic methodology, and studying a group on a
