Aciurina bigeloviae

Aciurina bigeloviae
	Aciurina bigeloviae, New Mexico
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Tribe:	Dithrycini
Genus:	Aciurina
Species:	A. bigeloviae
Binomial name
	Aciurina bigeloviae; (Cockerell, 1890)
Synonyms
	Eurosta bigeloviae Townsend, 1893; Trypeta bigeloviae Cockerell, 1890; Trypeta bigeloviae var. disrupta Cockerell, 1890; Trypeta disrupta Cockerell, 1890;

Aciurina bigeloviae is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae.^[3] It induces galls by laying an egg on the bud of a Ericameria nauseosa plant, which forms a gall that the larvae develops within through the fall.^[4]

Distribution

Canada, United States.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cockerell, T.D.A. (1890). "The evolution of insect galls". Entomologist. 23: 73–76.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1893). "A trypetid bred from galls on Bigelovia". The Canadian Entomologist. 25 (2): 48–52. doi:10.4039/Ent2548-2. S2CID 85993748. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
^ Baine, Quinlyn; Casares, Emily E; Hughes, Daniel W W; Martinson, Vincent G; Martinson, Ellen O (11 December 2023). "Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducing Aciurina bigeloviae and Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 117 (2): 107–117. doi:10.1093/aesa/saad037.

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[Cockerell1890-1] Cockerell, T.D.A. (1890). "The evolution of insect galls". Entomologist. 23: 73–76.

[Townsend1893-2] Townsend, C.H.T. (1893). "A trypetid bred from galls on Bigelovia". The Canadian Entomologist. 25 (2): 48–52. doi:10.4039/Ent2548-2. S2CID 85993748. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[Norrbom1999-3] Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.

[4] Baine, Quinlyn; Casares, Emily E; Hughes, Daniel W W; Martinson, Vincent G; Martinson, Ellen O (11 December 2023). "Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducing Aciurina bigeloviae and Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 117 (2): 107–117. doi:10.1093/aesa/saad037.

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