Urophora stylata (male)
Urophora stylata (female)

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Tephritoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Tephritoidea

Familia: Tephritidae
Genus: Urophora
Species: Urophora stylata

Name

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Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775: 785)

References

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  • Morley, T. 2012: Observations on the distribution of the spear thistle gall fly Urophora stylata and thistle receptacle weevil Rhinocyllus conicus in south eastern Australia. pp. 351–352 in: Eighteenth Australasian Weeds Conference full article (PDF)
  • Zimmermann, H.G. 1991: Biological control of spear thistle, Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae), in South Africa. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 37(1-3): 199–205. DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(91)90148-Q
  • On the larvae of fruit flies of the family Tephritidae (Diptera) inhabiting the heads of Compositae.
  • An aberrant specimen of Urophora stylata (Fabricius) (Diptera: Tephritidae).
  • Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775) (Diptera, Tephritidae), new to Norway.
  • The relative importance of resources and natural enemies in determining herbivore abundance: thistles, tephritids and parasitoids.
  • Pteromalids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) parasitising tephritid flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in flower heads of Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. in Romania.
  • The fruit flies of the tribe Myopitini (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Ulyanovsk Region (Russia).
  • Interaction between the gall fly Urophora stylata (Diptera: Tephritidae) and spear thistle Cirsium vulgare (Compositae). DOI: 10.1080/00219266.1988.9654952
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Vernacular names

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English: Scotch thistle gall fly, spear thistle gall fly
Nederlands: Vederdistelgalboorvlieg
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