| Aciurina bigeloviae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Tribe: | Dithrycini |
| Genus: | Aciurina |
| Species: | A. bigeloviae |
| Binomial name | |
| Aciurina bigeloviae | |
| 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
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cockerell, T.D.A. (1890). "The evolution of insect galls". Entomologist. 23: 73–76.
- ↑ Townsend, C.H.T. (1893). "A trypetid bred from galls on Bigelovia". The Canadian Entomologist. 25: 48–52. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1093/aesa/saad037.
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