Dicheniotes ternarius
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephrellini |
| Genus: | Dicheniotes |
| Species: | D. ternarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicheniotes ternarius | |
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Dicheniotes ternarius is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. It was formerly classified under the genus Pediapelta but as since been reassined to the genus Dicheniotes. [3]
CLASSIFICATION
Dicheniotes ternarius belongs to the Tephritidae family, commonly known as fruit flies, which are distinguished from the smaller Drosophilidae fruit flies.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION
Members of the genus Dicheniotes are typically found in specific ecological zones, often associated with particular host plants, although specific details about D.ternarius may require further research.
SIGNIFICANCE
Like other tephritid flies, Dicheniotes ternarius may play a role on ecosystems as pollinators or as pests, depending on its interactions with host plants. Many tephritid species are known to infest fruits, potentially causing agricultural damage.
Distribution
[edit]Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ Loew, H. (1861). "Ueber die afrikanischen Trypetina". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 5: 253–306, pl. II. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Loew, Hermann (1862). "Bidrag till Kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar. 19: 3–14. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Hancock, D. L. (2012). Systematic and distributional notes on some Australasian and African species of Platensina Enderlein and Dicheniotes Munro (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae), with description of a new species of Dicheniotes from Kenya. The Australian Entomologist, 39(4), 305-320.