Tephritidae

The Tephritidae are one of two fly families known as fruit flies. The other family is the Drosophilidae. 

There are nearly 5,000 species of tephritid fruit fly in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae.Merz B. 1994. Diptera Tephritidae. Insecta Helvetica Fauna 10: 1-198.Allen L. Norrbom 2004. Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) phylogeny. The Diptera Site. Agricultural Research Service. Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010.  Description and genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family.Foote R.H. & Steyskal G.C. 1981 Tephritidae. in: McAlpine J.F. (ed) Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, pp. 817–831. pdf To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called 'peacock flies'.

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