Diarrhegma
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| Diarrhegma | |
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| Diarrhegma modestum | |
Scientific 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]