Dicheniotes ternarius

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Dicheniotes ternarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephrellini
Genus: Dicheniotes
Species:
D. ternarius
Binomial name
Dicheniotes ternarius
(Loew, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trypeta ternaria Loew, 1861[2]
  • Pediapelta ternaria (Loew, 1861)

Dicheniotes ternarius is a species of tephritid or fruit flies (Tephritidae); it was previously placed in the genus Pediapelta.[3]

Distribution[edit]

Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Loew, H. (1861). "Ueber die afrikanischen Trypetina". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 5: 253–306, pl. II. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Loew, Hermann (1862). "Bidrag till Kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar. 19: 3–14. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ Hancock, D. L. (2012). Systematic and distributional notes on some Australasian and African species of Platensina Enderlein and Dicheniotes Munro (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae), with description of a new species of Dicheniotes from Kenya. The Australian Entomologist, 39(4), 305-320.