Biology:Cecidochares connexa

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Short description: Species of fly

Cecidochares connexa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Cecidocharini
Genus: Cecidochares
Species:
C. connexa
Binomial name
Cecidochares connexa
(Macquart, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
  • Urophora connexa Macquart, 1848[1]
  • Trypeta nigerrima Loew, 1862[2]
  • Oedaspis leucotricha Schiner, 1868[3]

Cecidochares connexa is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Cecidochares of the family Tephritidae.[4] It is used for biocontrol of invasive shrub Chromolaena odorata.[5]

Distribution

Venezuela, Argentina , Brazil .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1848). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 2.me supplement. [=Suppl. 3] (2):". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille 1847 (2): 161–237, 7 pls.. 
  2. Loew, Hermann (1862). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 6: 184–232. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9840735#page/203/mode/1up. Retrieved 4 May 2020. 
  3. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B.. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.. 
  4. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database.". Myia 9: vii + 524. 
  5. Cruz, Z.T., Muniappan, R., Reddy, G.V.P. (2007). Establishment of Cecidochares connexa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Guam and Its Effect on the Growth of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 845-850.

Wikidata ☰ Q14663550 entry