Acanthiophilus


Acanthiophilus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[3]

Acanthiophilus
Acanthiophilus helianthi Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Acanthiophilus
Becker, 1908[1]
Type species
Tetanocera walkeri

Species
  • A. brunneus Munro, 1934[4]
  • A. ciconia Munro, 1957[5]
  • A. helianthi (Rossi, 1794)[6]
  • A. lugubris Hering, 1939[7]
  • A. minor Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015[8]
  • A. summissus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015[8]
  • A. unicus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015[8]
  • A. walkeri (Wollaston, 1858)[2]

The following have been reassigned to other genera:[8]

  • A. astrophorus Hering, 1939[7]
  • A. coarctatus Hering, 1942
  • A. koehleri Hering, 1940[9]
  • A. melanoxanthus Hering, 1938
  • A. trypaneodes Hering, 1937[10]

Global distribution

Acanthiophilus is a predominantly Afrotropical genus. One species, A. helianthi Is found in Europe, to Mongolia, North Africa, Afghanistan & Thailand.[11] as well as at the Canary islands, in India and Sri-Lanka.

References
  1. Becker, T. (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4 (1): 1–180. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. Wollaston, T.V. (1858). "Wollaston, . Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects [concl.]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (3): 113–125, 2 pls. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. Munro, H.K. (1934). "Further notes on African Trypetidae (Diptera) in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of three new species" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 739: 5. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. Munro, H.K. (1957). "Trypetidae,". Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-1935. British Museum (Natural History). 2 (9): 853–1054.
  6. Rossi, P. (1794). Mantissa insectorum, exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas, adiectis Faunae Etruscae illustrationibus, ac emendationibus. Pisis [=Pisa].: Polloni. pp. 154 pp., 8 pls.
  7. Hering, E.M. (1939). "Neue Trypetiden der Erde (25. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden)". Verh. VII Int. Kongr. Ent. 1: 165–190.
  8. Morgulis, Elizabeth; Freidberg, Amnon; Dorchin, Netta (2015). "Phylogenetic Revision of Acanthiophilus (Diptera: Tephritidae), With a Description of Three New Species and a Discussion of Zoogeography". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 108 (6): 1060–1087. doi:10.1093/aesa/sav087.
  9. Hering, E.M. "Alte und neue Bohrfliegen der Erde. 29. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden (Dipt.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 101: 23–34.
  10. Hering, E.M. (1937). "Neue Bohrfliegen aus der Beckerschen Sammlung. (Dipt.) (16. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae)". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 22: 244-264.
  11. "Acanthiophilus Becker, 1908". Fauna Europaea version 2.2. October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
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