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Diarrhegma

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Diarrhegma
Diarrhegma modestum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Tribe: Acanthonevrini
Genus: Diarrhegma
Bezzi, 1913

Diarrhegma is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are two species:[1]

  • Diarrhegma modestum (Fabricius, 1805) - India, Sri Lanka
  • Diarrhegma paritii (Doleschall, 1856)[2][3][4] - Southeast Asia - Vietnam, Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia (Java, Sumba) and southern Philippines Philippines (Mindanao, Palawan);

Males offer a nuptial feeding gift to females in courtship. The secrete a foamy material from the mouth onto a leaf substrate which attracts the female. The male copulates after the female accepts the gift and begins to feed on it.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Hancock, David L. (2015). "A review of the tree, fig and fruit-infesting flies of the Aethiothemara, Diarrhegma, Dirioxa and Themaroides groups Of genera (Diptera: Tephritidae: Acanthonevrini)". Australian Entomologist. 42 (3): 107–126.
  2. ^ "ITIS Standard Report - Error". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. ^ "Diarrhegma - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2010-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ David, K.J.; Sachin, K.; Hancock, D. L.; Salini, S. (2022). "Mating trophallaxis in Diarrhegma modestum (Fabricius) (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae)". Indian Entomologist. 3 (1): 27–28.