True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region
Citation
de Meyer M, Heughebaert A (2024). True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Version 3.1. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cy6a1s accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-30.Description
This checklist covers all relevant information of the major dacine fruit fly genera of Africa. Initially established under the ENBI project, it provides a list current taxonomic status of species involved, as well as synonymy. Limitations of scope: the pilot study is focusing on a group of Afrotropical fruit flies only. Reason is that, over the last decade years several projects have focused on this group (cf. above) and that a mass of specimen related data are available. Afrotropical is used here in the biogeographical sense, hence the region below of the Sahara dessert. However, some additional records from northern Africa and the Middle East are included but not as exhaustive as those for the true Afrotropical region.Taxonomic Coverages
Diptera, Tephritidae
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Tephritidaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Africa
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Marc de Meyeroriginator
position: Entomologist
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be
André Heughebaert
metadata author
position: Node Manager
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: aheugheb@ulb.ac.be
André Heughebaert
user
position: Node Manager
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: aheugheb@ulb.ac.be
Marc de Meyer
administrative point of contact
position: Entomologist
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be