Pelmatops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Section:
Schizophora
Subsection:
Acalyptratae
Superfamily:
Tephritoidea
Family:
Tephritidae
Subfamily:
Trypetinae
Genus:
Pelmatops

Pelmatops is a genus of tephritid fruit flies.[1][2][3] They are sexually dimorphic, with females having shorter eye stalks than males. Eggs are usually laid in Rubus plants, wherein a larva usually lives within the stem of the plant until pupation. [4]

Species

  • Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954
  • Pelmatops ichneumone Westwood, 1850

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report - Error".
  2. ↑ "Pelmatops - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  3. ↑ "Search".
  4. ↑ Huangfu, Ning; Wang, Yong; Zeng, Yu; Chua, Tock H; Zhu, Chaodong; Chen, Xiaolin (2022-07-04). "The First Biological Portrait of Stalk-Eyed Fruit Flies: Life History, Reproductive Biology and Host Use Patterns in Pelmatops spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/aesa/saac011. ISSN 0013-8746.


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