ABSTRACT
Group .....................................................................................635 24.5 Description of the
Tephritis
Group .....................................................................................635 24.6 Proposed Classification of the Genera of the
Tephritis
Group ..........................................637 24.7 The Genera of the
Tephritis
Group.....................................................................................639 24.7.1
Acanthiophilus
Becker, 1908 ................................................................................640 24.7.2
Actinoptera
Rondani, 1870 ...................................................................................640 24.7.3
Brachydesis
Hancock, 1986..................................................................................640 24.7.4
Brachytrupanea
Hancock, 1986 ...........................................................................640 24.7.5
Capitites
Foote and Freidberg, 1980 ....................................................................642 24.7.6
Dectodesis
Munro, 1957 .......................................................................................642 24.7.7
Euarestella
Hendel, 1927......................................................................................644 24.7.8
Freidbergia
Merz, n. gen. .....................................................................................644 24.7.8.1
Freidbergia mirabilis,
n. sp..................................................................645 24.7.9
Goniurellia
Hendel, 1927 (as subgenus of
Trypanea
) .........................................646 24.7.10
Hyalotephritis
Freidberg, 1979 .............................................................................646 24.7.11
Insizwa
Munro, 1930 ............................................................................................646 24.7.12
Multireticula
Merz, n. gen. ...................................................................................647 24.7.13
Pherothrinax
Munro, 1957....................................................................................647 24.7.14
Stelladesis
Merz, n. gen. .......................................................................................648 24.7.15
Tephritis
Latreille, 1804 ........................................................................................649 24.7.16
Tephritomyia
Hendel, 1927 (as subgenus of
Acanthiophilus
) .............................649 24.7.17
Tephrodesis
Merz, n. gen. .....................................................................................649 24.7.18
Trupanea
Schrank, 1795 .......................................................................................650 24.7.19
Trupanodesis
Merz, n. gen....................................................................................650 24.8 Key to the Genera of the
Tephritis
Group..........................................................................659
24.9 Biology and Biogeography .................................................................................................661 24.10 Conclusions and Future Research Needs ...........................................................................661 Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................664 References ......................................................................................................................................665 Appendix 24.1: Depositories of Specimens Studied.....................................................................666 Appendix 24.2: List of Specimens Examined...............................................................................666
Munro (1957a, b) first showed that the tribe Tephritini is rather heterogeneous and its genera may be clustered into groups. He named one of the groups the “
