Trypeta immaculata

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Trypeta immaculata
Trypeta immaculata. Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Trypeta
Species:
T. immaculata
Binomial name
Trypeta immaculata
(Macquart, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Terellia immaculata (Macquart, 1855)
  • Trypeta hamifera Loew, 1846.

Trypeta immaculata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Trypeta of the family Tephritidae.[1][2][3]

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Description

Trypeta immaculata have wings of about 4.6–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in).[5] These fruit flies have the hind femurs without any strong anteroventral subapical setae. The first flagellomere is apically rounded. Head shows two pairs of orbital setae.

Male without greatly enlarged frontal setae, and frons never extended forwards.[6]

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