Rhagoletis

<i>Rhagoletis</i>

Rhagoletis

Genus of flies


Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 species.

Quick Facts Rhagoletis, Scientific classification ...
Rhagoletis suavis

Name

The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.

Species

Synonyms:

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

Database


Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Rhagoletis, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.