''Rhagoletis berberidis'' is an insect species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''
Rhagoletis
''Rhagoletis'' is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 species.
Name
The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek ''rhago'' "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least '' R. pomonella'' mimics a jumpi ...
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Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus ''Drosophila'' (in the family Drosophilidae), w ...
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References
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