Myopites stylatus
| Myopites stylatus | |
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| Myopites stylatus. Female on Dittrichia viscosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Myopitini |
| Genus: | Myopites |
| Species: | M. stylatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Myopites stylatus | |
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Myopites stylatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species is present in Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, France and Italy), in the Near East and in North Africa.[3]
Description[edit]
Myopites stylatus can reach a length of about 3 millimetres (0.12 in). These small tephritids have a yellow or pale brown mesonotum, a long oviscape and smooth or tuberculate aculeus in the females.[4]
Biology[edit]
Myopites stylatus forms galls on Dittrichia viscosa and its larvae are parasitized by several hymenopteran species, especially by the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae), an important pests of olive crops.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Myopites stylatus.
- ^ a b Fabricius, J.C. (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 4. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp.
- ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
- ^ "Myopites stylatus (Fabricius, 1794)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Diptera.info - Discussion Forum: Myopites male". diptera.info. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ Sónia A P Santos, Luis Mota, Ricardo Malheiro, Franceli Silva Changes in volatile compounds of Dittrichia viscosa caused by the attack of the gall-forming dipteran Myopites stylatus
- ^ "Eupelmus urozonus | Progetto Biopuglia". Archived from the original on 2006-06-07. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Myopites stylatus – Plant Parasites of Europe". bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
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