Bactrocera albistrigata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Bactrocera
- Species: Bactrocera albistrigata
Visual Description
Bactrocera albistrigata is a fruit fly species within the family Tephritidae. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic morphological features, including a distinctively patterned abdomen and specific thoracic structures.[1]
Taxonomic Status
The taxonomic status of Bactrocera albistrigata (de Meijere, 1911) has been subject to review. Recent research indicates that previous attempts to synonymize this species with Bactrocera frauenfeldi (Schiner) are based on insufficient evidence, and it is currently recognized as a distinct entity.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Bactrocera / albistrigata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ R. A. I. Drew; D. L. Hancock. Biogeography, Speciation and Taxonomy within the genus Bactrocera Macquart with application to the Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Zootaxa. 2022. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5190.3.2.