Metasphenisca

Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.^[4] There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula.^[5]

Metasphenisca
Metasphenisca tetrachaeta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephrellini
Genus:	Metasphenisca Hendel, 1914[1]
Type species
Trypeta gracilipes Loew, 1862[2]
Synonyms
Isoconia Munro, 1947[3]

Species

• Metasphenisca atricomata Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca axilatra Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca bezziana (Enderlein, 1911)^[6]
• Metasphenisca bifaria Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca caeca (Bezzi, 1908)^[7]
• Metasphenisca discocephala Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca ghenti Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca gracilipes (Loew, 1862)^[2]
• Metasphenisca grandidieri (Bezzi, 1924)^[8]
• Metasphenisca haematopoda (Bezzi, 1924)^[8]
• Metasphenisca hazelae Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca interrupta (Munro, 1929)^[9]
• Metasphenisca longulior (Munro, 1929)^[9]
• Metasphenisca marmorea Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca micrura Hering, 1942^[10]
• Metasphenisca negeviana (Freidberg, 1974)^[11]
• Metasphenisca nigricans (Wiedemann, 1830)^[12]
• Metasphenisca nigricosta (Bezzi, 1908)^[7]
• Metasphenisca nigriseta (Bezzi, 1924)^[8]
• Metasphenisca pallidifemur Hancock, 1991^[13]
• Metasphenisca parallela Hering, 1935^[14]
• Metasphenisca parilis Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1846)^[15]
• Metasphenisca reinhardi (Wiedemann, 1824)^[16]
• Metasphenisca rubida Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca spathuliniforma Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968^[17]
• Metasphenisca tetrachaeta (Bezzi, 1918)^[18]
• Metasphenisca transilis Munro, 1947^[3]
• Metasphenisca zernyi Hering, 1941^[19]