Metasphenisca

Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Metasphenisca reinhardi

speciesMetasphenisca reinhardi

Metasphenisca tetrachaeta

speciesMetasphenisca tetrachaeta

Metasphenisca nigriseta

speciesMetasphenisca nigriseta

Metasphenisca longulior

speciesMetasphenisca longulior

Metasphenisca bezziana

speciesMetasphenisca bezziana

Metasphenisca gracilipes

speciesMetasphenisca gracilipes

Metasphenisca atricomata

speciesMetasphenisca atricomata

Metasphenisca discocephala

speciesMetasphenisca discocephala

Metasphenisca ghenti

speciesMetasphenisca ghenti

Metasphenisca haematopoda

speciesMetasphenisca haematopoda

Metasphenisca hazelae

speciesMetasphenisca hazelae

Metasphenisca interrupta

speciesMetasphenisca interrupta

Metasphenisca marmorea

speciesMetasphenisca marmorea

Metasphenisca rubida

speciesMetasphenisca rubida

Metasphenisca transilis

speciesMetasphenisca transilis

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →

§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Metasphenisca in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 645253.