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| Pelmatops | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Trypetinae |
| Genus: | Pelmatops |
Pelmatops is a genus of tephritid fruit flies.[1][2][3] They are sexually dimorphic, with females having shorter eye stalks than males. Eggs are usually laid in Rubus plants, wherein a larva usually lives within the stem of the plant until pupation. [4]
Species
[edit]- Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954
- Pelmatops ichneumone Westwood, 1850
References
[edit]- ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results".
- ↑ "Pelmatops - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
- ↑ "Search".
- ↑ Huangfu, Ning; Wang, Yong; Zeng, Yu; Chua, Tock H; Zhu, Chaodong; Chen, Xiaolin (2022-07-04). "The First Biological Portrait of Stalk-Eyed Fruit Flies: Life History, Reproductive Biology and Host Use Patterns in Pelmatops spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 115 (5). Oxford University Press (OUP): 365–377. doi:10.1093/aesa/saac011. ISSN 0013-8746.