''Rhagoletis fausta'', the black-bodied cherry fruit fly, is a 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 ...

'' of the family

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 ...

. It is found in the United States and Canada.

Taxonomic history

It was initially described by

Carl Robert Osten-Sacken Carl Robert Osten-Sacken or Carl-Robert Romanovich, Baron von der Osten-Sacken, Baron Osten Sacken (21 August 1828, – 20 May 1906) was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York City during the ...

in 1877. who classified it in the ''

Acidia ''Acidia'' is a small genus of fly, flies in the family Tephritidae. It formerly contained many species, but by some authors has since been restricted to two. List of species *''Acidia cognata'' (Wiedemann, 1817) *''Acidia japonica'' Shiraki, ...

'' subgenus (now its own genus) of the genus ''

Trypeta ''Trypeta'' is a genus of tephritid, or Tephritidae, fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. Species * ''Trypeta aberrans'' Hardy, 1973 * ''Trypeta albida'' Walker, 1853 * ''Trypeta amanda'' Hering, 1938 * ''Trypeta anitra'' Korneyev, 1997 * ...

''. In 1899,

Daniel William Coquillett Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientifi ...

transferred the species to its present genus, ''

''.

John Merton Aldrich John Merton Aldrich (January 28, 1866 – May 27, 1934) was an American entomologist. Aldrich was the Associate Curator of Insects at the United States National Museum. He is considered one of the most prolific entomologists in the study of flies ...

described its

junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...

''R. intrudens'' in 1909. Aldrich himself synonymized the two the following year.

Taxonomic history

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