Sphenella Explained

Sphenella is a genus of the family Tephritidae, better known as fruit flies.^[1]

Species

• Sphenella atra Munro, 1957^[2]
• Sphenella aureliani Gheorghiu, 1985^[3]
• Sphenella crenata Munro, 1957^[2]
• Sphenella deletrix Munro, 1957^[2]
• Sphenella helianthoides (Bezzi, 1926)^[4]
• Sphenella hessei (Munro, 1929)^[5]
• Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)^[6]
• Sphenella melanostigma Bezzi, 1908^[7]
• Sphenella nigricornis Bezzi, 1924^[8]
• Sphenella nigropilosa Meijere, 1914^[9]
• Sphenella novaguineensis Hardy, 1988^[10]
• Sphenella orbicula Munro, 1957^[2]
• Sphenella rostrata Munro, 1957^[2]
• Sphenella ruficeps (Macquart, 1851)^[11]
• Sphenella semisphenella (Bezzi, 1926)^[4]
• Sphenella setosa Merz & Dawah, 2005^[12]
• Sphenella sinensis Schiner, 1868^[13]
• Sphenella ypsilon Munro, 1933^[14]

Notes and References

1. Norrbom . A.L. . Carroll . L.E. . Thompson . F.C. . White . I.M . Freidberg . A. . Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. . Myia . 1999 . 9 . vii + 524.
2. Munro . H.K. . Sphenella and some allied genera (Trypetidae, Diptera) . Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa . 1957 . 20 . 14–57 . 1 February 2021.
3. Gheorghiu . V. . Sphenella aureliani n. sp. (Diptera, Tephritidae) . Trav. Mus. Hist. Nat. 'Grigore Antipa' . 1985 . 27 . 173–182.
4. Bezzi . Mario . Nuove specie di Tripaneidi (Dipt.) dell'Africa del Sud . Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Scuola Super. Agric. Portici . 1926 . 18 . 276–300.
5. Munro . H.K. . Additional trypetid material in the collection of the South African Museum (Trypetidae, Diptera) . Annals of the South African Museum . 1929 . 29 . 1–39 . 1 February 2021.
6. Fallen . C.F. . Beskrifning Ofver de i Sverige funna Tistel-Flugor, horande till Dipter-Slagtet Tephritis . K. Sven. Vetenskapsakad. Handl. . 1814 . 35 . 156–177.
7. Book: Bezzi . M. . 6. Simuliidae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Syrphidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Phycodromidae, Borboridae, Trypetidae, Ephydridae, Drosophilidae, Geomyzidae, Agromyzidae, Conopidae, p. 179-201. In L. Schultze, Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Unterstutzung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Erster Band: Systematik und Tiergeographie. IV. Insecta (Erste Serie). D. Diptera (1). 13. . 1908 . Denkschr. Med. Naturw. Ges. . Jena.
8. Bezzi . M. . South African trypaneid Diptera in the collection of the South African Museum . Annals of the South African Museum . 1924 . 19 . 449–577 . 1 February 2021.
9. Meijere. Johannes C. H. de. Studien über südostasiatische Dipteren. IX.. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 1914. 57. 137–275. 18 November 2017.
10. Hardy . D.E. . The Tephritinae of Indonesia, New Guinea, the Bismarck and Solomon islands (Diptera: Tephritidae) . Bishop Museum Bulletins in Entomology . 1988 . 1 . vii + 92.
11. Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4e supplement publie dans les memoires de 1849. . Mémoires de la Société (Royale) des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts à Lille . 1851 . 1850 . 134–294, pls. 15–28.
12. Merz . B. . Dawah . H.A. . Fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of a new genus and six new species . . 2005 . 112 . 40 . 983-1028.
13. Book: Schiner . I.R. . Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. . 1868 . K. Gerold's Sohn . Wien . 388pp., 4 pls.
14. Munro . H.K. . Records of South African fruit-flies (Trypetidae, Diptera) with descriptions of new species. . Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa . 1933 . (1932)8 . 1 . 25–45.