tephritoid

plural tephritoids

1. biologyAny fly of the superfamily Tephritoidea.

   The highest diversity of tephritoids occurs in the tropics.

   2014 September 19, Jere Kahanpää, Kaj Winqvist, “Checklist of the Diptera superfamilies Tephritoidea and Sciomyzoidea of Finland (Insecta)”, in ZooKeys, volume 441, →DOI, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2024, pages 259-275

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   Section I provides reviews of the phylogeny of the Superfamily Tephritoidea (Chapter 1 by Korneyev), the behavior of fly relatives (tephritoids) of the Tephritidae (Chapter 2 by Sivinski), and the history of studies on tephritids including many of the World’s most important Genera of economic importance such as Anastrepha, Bactrocera, Ceratitis, and Rhagoletis (Chapter 3 by Diaz-Fleischer and Aluja).

   2002 June 28, Pauline O. Lawrence, “Book Reviews”, in Florida Entomologist, volume 85, number 2, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2019, page 398

comparative more tephritoid · superlative most tephritoid

1. biologyRelating to flies of the superfamily Tephritoidea, or characteristic thereof.

   Six of the nine extant tephritoid families have been found in Finland: no richardiid, ctenostylid or pyrgotid have been found in the country.

   2014 September 19, Jere Kahanpää, Kaj Winqvist, “Checklist of the Diptera superfamilies Tephritoidea and Sciomyzoidea of Finland (Insecta)”, in ZooKeys, volume 441, →DOI, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2024, pages 259-275

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   For specialists and non-specialists alike, the historical review of fruit fly research (Diaz-Fleischer and Aluja) and discussion of tephritoid flies (Sivinski) is refreshing and informative.

   2002 June 28, Pauline O. Lawrence, “Book Reviews”, in Florida Entomologist, volume 85, number 2, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2019, page 398