Acanthiophilus

Acanthiophilus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[3]

Acanthiophilus
Acanthiophilus helianthi Netherlands
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Acanthiophilus Becker, 1908[1]
Type species
Tetanocera walkeri Wollaston, 1858[2]

Species

• A. brunneus Munro, 1934^[4]
• A. ciconia Munro, 1957^[5]
• A. helianthi (Rossi, 1794)^[6]
• A. lugubris Hering, 1939^[7]
• A. minor Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015^[8]
• A. summissus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015^[8]
• A. unicus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015^[8]
• A. walkeri (Wollaston, 1858)^[2]

The following have been reassigned to other genera:^[8]

• A. astrophorus Hering, 1939^[7]
• A. coarctatus Hering, 1942
• A. koehleri Hering, 1940^[9]
• A. melanoxanthus Hering, 1938
• A. trypaneodes Hering, 1937^[10]

Global distribution

Acanthiophilus is a predominantly Afrotropical genus. One species, A. helianthi is found in Europe, to Mongolia, North Africa, Afghanistan & Thailand.^[11] as well as at the Canary islands, in India and Sri-Lanka.