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Acalyptratae (10)
Calyptratae (14)
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Tabanomorpha (7)
Xylophagomorpha (1)
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Tephritidae
Nomenclature
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Unranked: AcalyptrataeSuperfamily: Tephritoidea
Family:
Tephritidae
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
SUMMARY
Flies varying from small to moderately large. Wing usually more or less distinctly patterned, but a few species having no wing pattern at all; apical part of Sc weakened and sharply bent forward. Body variously colored, sometimes quite brightly. Larva maggot-like, living within plant tissue. (Foote & Steyskal 1987)
