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Aciurina bigeloviae

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Aciurina bigeloviae
Aciurina bigeloviae, New Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Tribe: Dithrycini
Genus: Aciurina
Species:
A. bigeloviae
Binomial name
Aciurina bigeloviae
(Cockerell, 1890)[1]
Synonyms

Aciurina bigeloviae is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae.[3] It induces galls by laying an egg on the bud of a Ericameria nauseosa plant, which forms a gall that the larvae develops within through the fall.[4]

Distribution

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Canada, United States.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cockerell, T.D.A. (1890). "The evolution of insect galls". Entomologist. 23: 73–76.
  2. ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1893). "A trypetid bred from galls on Bigelovia". The Canadian Entomologist. 25 (2): 48–52. doi:10.4039/Ent2548-2. S2CID 85993748. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Baine, Quinlyn; Casares, Emily E; Hughes, Daniel W W; Martinson, Vincent G; Martinson, Ellen O (11 December 2023). "Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducing Aciurina bigeloviae and Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 117 (2): 107–117. doi:10.1093/aesa/saad037.