Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Tephritidae (Fruit flies)
Terellia (Terellia) ruficauda (Fabricius, 1794)
Red-tailed Thistle Fly
Synonyms and other combinations:
Musca ruficauda Fabricius, 1794 | Musca florescentiae Linnaeus, 1758 | Orellia amplimaculata Hering, 1937 | Orellia parvimaculata Hering, 1937 | Tephritis punctata Fallen, 1814 | Terellia floriscentiae Curran, 1934 |
Classification:
Terellia ruficauda belongs to the subfamily Tephritinae, tribe Terelliini.References, further reading, links:
- Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- Ian M. White (1988). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Tephritid Flies. Diptera: Tephritidae. Vol: 10 - Part 5a. Royal Entomological Society of London.
- Plant Parasites of Europe
- Acidia cognata
- Anomoia purmunda
- Ceratitis capitata
- Chaetostomella cylindrica
- Dioxyna bidentis
- Ensina sonchi
- Myopites sp.
- Myopites stylatus
- Oxyna parietina
- Philophylla caesio
- Rhagoletis cerasi
- Tephritis cometa
- Tephritis conura
- Tephritis vespertina
- Terellia ruficauda
- Terellia serratulae
- Terellia tussilaginis
- Trupanea amoena
- Trupanea guimari
- Trypeta zoe
- Urophora cardui
- Urophora quadrifasciata
- Urophora stylata
- Xyphosia miliaria