Rivellia
''Rivellia'' is a genus of signal flies (insects in the family Platystomatidae). There are at least 140 described species in ''Rivellia''. Economic importance There is limited information and understanding about the juvenile stages of most signal fly species. Thirteen species of ''Rivellia'' have, however, been studied in the field of agriculture because the larvae of many of these flies are associated with both living and decaying root nodules of nitrogen-fixing legumes, such as soybean, peanuts, and pigeon pea. They can also be found on the roots or flowers of other cultivated plants like eggplant, sorghum, black locust, and ''Narcissus''.Whittington, A E (2019) The economic significance of the signal fly genus ''Rivellia'' Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Platystomatidae). ''Israel Journal of Entomology'' 49(2): 135–160. https://zenodo.org/records/3371321 With soybean, this association has been shown to be economically significant because pest-induced stress caused ...
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List Of Rivellia Species
This is a list of 147 species in the genus ''Rivellia ''Rivellia'' is a genus of signal flies (insects in the family Platystomatidae). There are at least 140 described species in ''Rivellia''. Economic importance There is limited information and understanding about the juvenile stages of ...''. ''Rivellia'' species References {{Reflist * ...
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