Rhagoletis

Rhagoletis
	Rhagoletis cerasi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Trypetinae
Tribe:	Carpomyini
Subtribe:	Carpomyina
Genus:	Rhagoletis; Loew, 1862
Species
	R. mendax; R. zephyria; R. pomonella; Lonicera fly; many others
Diversity
	ca. 70 species
Synonyms
	Megarrhagoletis Rohdendorf, 1961; Microrrhagoletis Rohdendorf, 1961; Rhagolitis Van Duzee, 1911; Zonosema Loew, 1862; Zonosena Johnson, 1903;

Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 species.

Name

The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.

Species

Rhagoletis acuticornis (Steyskal, 1979)
Rhagoletis adusta Foote, 1981
Rhagoletis almatensis Rohdendorf, 1961
Rhagoletis alternata (Fallén, 1814)
Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina, 1997
Rhagoletis basiola (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958
Rhagoletis berberidis Jermy, 1961
Rhagoletis berberis Curran, 1932
Rhagoletis bezziana (Hendel, 1931)
Rhagoletis blanchardi Aczel, 1954
Rhagoletis boycei Cresson, 1929
Rhagoletis brncici Frías, 2001
Rhagoletis caucasica Kandybina & Richter, 1976
Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) – cherry fruit fly
Rhagoletis chionanthi Bush, 1966
Rhagoletis chumsanica (Rohdendorf, 1961)
Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew, 1862) – eastern cherry fruit fly
Rhagoletis completa Cresson, 1929
Rhagoletis conversa (Brethes, 1919)
Rhagoletis cornivora Bush, 1966
Rhagoletis ebbettsi Bush, 1966
Rhagoletis electromorpha Berlocher, 1984
Rhagoletis emiliae Richter, 1974
Rhagoletis fausta (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Rhagoletis ferruginea Hendel, 1927
Rhagoletis flavicincta Enderlein, 1934
Rhagoletis flavigenualis Hering, 1958
Rhagoletis freidbergi Korneyev & Korneyev, 2019
Rhagoletis indifferens Curran, 1932 – western cherry fruit fly
Rhagoletis jamaicensis Foote, 1981
Rhagoletis juglandis Cresson, 1920 – walnut husk fly
Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch, 1915
Rhagoletis kurentsovi (Rohdendorf, 1961)
Rhagoletis lycopersella Smyth, 1960
Rhagoletis macquartii (Loew, 1873)
Rhagoletis magniterebra (Rohdendorf, 1961)
Rhagoletis meigenii (Loew, 1844)
Rhagoletis mendax Curran, 1932 – blueberry maggot
Rhagoletis metallica (Schiner, 1868)
Rhagoletis mongolica Kandybina, 1972
Rhagoletis nicaraguensis Hernández-Ortiz, 1999
Rhagoletis nova (Schiner, 1868)
Rhagoletis ochraspis (Wiedemann, 1830)
Rhagoletis osmanthi Bush, 1966
Rhagoletis penela Foote, 1981
Rhagoletis persimilis Bush, 1966
Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh, 1867) – apple maggot fly, railroad worm
Rhagoletis psalida Hendel, 1914
Rhagoletis ramosae Hernandez-Ortiz, 1985
Rhagoletis reducta Hering, 1936
Rhagoletis rhytida Hendel, 1914
Rhagoletis ribicola Doane, 1898
Rhagoletis rohdendorfi Korneyev & Merz, 1997
Rhagoletis rumpomaculata Hardy, 1964
Rhagoletis samojlovitshae (Rohdendorf, 1961)
Rhagoletis scutellata Zia, 1938
Rhagoletis solanophaga Hernández-Ortiz & Frías, 1999
Rhagoletis striatella Wulp, 1899
Rhagoletis suavis (Loew, 1862) – walnut husk maggot
Rhagoletis tabellaria (Fitch, 1855)
Rhagoletis tomatis Foote, 1981
Rhagoletis turanica (Rohdendorf, 1961)
Rhagoletis turpiniae Hernandez-Ortiz, 1993
Rhagoletis willinki Aczel, 1951
Rhagoletis zephyria Snow, 1894
Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927
Rhagoletis zoqui Bush, 1966

Synonyms:

Rhagoletis achraspis Aczel, 1954: Synonym of Rhagoletis tomatis Foote, 1981
Rhagoletis caurina Doane, 1899: Synonym of Urophora caurina (Doane, 1899)
Rhagoletis grindeliae Coquillett, 1908: Synonym of Urophora grindeliae (Coquillett, 1908)
Rhagoletis juniperinus Marcovitch, 1915: Synonym of Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch, 1915
Rhagoletis sapporensis Matsumura, 1916: Synonym of Matsumurania sapporensis (Matsumura, 1916)
Rhagoletis symphoricarpi Curran, 1924: Synonym of Rhagoletis zephyria Snow, 1894
Rhagoletis willincki Foote, 1967: Synonym of Rhagoletis willinki Aczel, 1951

External links

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

Database

Tephritid Workers Database