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Carpophthoromyia
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Carpophthoromyia

Carpophthoromyia is a small Afrotropical genus of picture-winged flies (Tephritidae). They are usually darkly coloured and of medium size, and mostly develop in the fruit of various species of Drypetes (Putranjivaceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae). Carpophthoromyia is closely related to Perilampsis. There are 17 recognised species:

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Carpophthoromyia dimidiata

speciesCarpophthoromyia dimidiata

Carpophthoromyia vittata

speciesCarpophthoromyia vittata

Carpophthoromyia litterata

speciesCarpophthoromyia litterata

Carpophthoromyia radulata

speciesCarpophthoromyia radulata

Carpophthoromyia speciosa

speciesCarpophthoromyia speciosa

Carpophthoromyia tritea

speciesCarpophthoromyia tritea

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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 644283.