Pediapelta
Genus of flies
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Pediapelta is a monotypic genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[2]
| Pediapelta | |
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| Pediapelta spadicescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephrellini |
| Genus: | Pediapelta Munro, 1947[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pediapelta spadicescens Munro, 1947[1] | |
Species
- Pediapelta spadicescens Munro, 1947[1] is found in South Africa.
Dicheniotes aeneus (Munro), D. alexina (Munro), D. asmarensis (Munro), D. enzoria (Munro), D. parviguttatus (Hering), D. sokotrensis (Hering) and D. ternarius (Loew) were transferred from Pediapelta by Hancock (2012).[3]