Urophora stylata

Urophora stylata (male)

Urophora stylata (female)

Taxonavigation

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

Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775: 785)

• Original genus: Musca

References

• 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

Links

• AnimalBase
• Urophora stylata – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Urophora stylata – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Vernacular names

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

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