Trypeta
Encyclopedia
Trypeta is a genus
of tephritid, or fruit flies
in the family Tephritidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tephritid, or fruit flies
Tephritidae
Tephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila , which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid...
in the family Tephritidae.
Species
- Trypeta actinobola
- Trypeta basifasciata
- Trypeta zoe
- Trypeta flexa