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Lonicera fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Suborder:Brachycera
Section:Schizophora
Superfamily:Tephritoidea
Family:Tephritidae
Genus:Rhagoletis
Species:R. mendax × zephyria
Binomial name
Rhagoletis mendax × zephyria


The Lonicera fly, a hybrid in the genus Rhagoletis, is a North American fruit fly of the family Tephritidae. Its larvae feed on the berries of species of introduced honeysuckle (Lonicera) that were brought to America within the last 250 years as ornamental plants. A research team led by Dietmar Schwarz has argued that it most likely developed within that time by hybridization of two other species: R. mendax, the blueberry maggot, and R. zephyria, the snowberry maggot. Few cases of animal species arising from hybridization are known (see Pomarine Skua or Mariana Mallard), although with DNA analysis more are being found, for example, Grizzly–polar bear hybrids have been confirmed.

Reference

  • Schwarz, Dietmar et al. (2005). "Host shift to an invasive plant triggers rapid animal hybrid speciation". Nature (436): 546–549. 

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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829

Subphyla and Classes
  • Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
  • Trilobita - trilobites (extinct)
  • Subphylum Chelicerata

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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders
Subclass Apterygota
* Archaeognatha (bristletails)
* Thysanura (silverfish)
Subclass Pterygota
* Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic)

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Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758

Suborders

Nematocera (includes Eudiptera)
Brachycera

True flies are insects of the Order Diptera (Greek: di = two, and pteron
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Brachycera

Infraorder

Asilomorpha
Muscomorpha
Stratiomyomorpha
Tabanomorpha
Vermileonomorpha
Xylophagomorpha

Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families.
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Schizophora

Subsections

Acalyptratae
Calyptratae

Schizophora is a section of true flies containing 78 families, which are collectively referred to as muscoids, even though - technically - the term "muscoid" should
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Tephritoidea

Families

see text

The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. The following families are included:
  • Lonchaeidae - lance flies
  • Pallopteridae - flutter flies
  • Piophilidae - skippers
  • Platystomatidae

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Tephritidae

Diversity
500 genera, about 5,000 species

Genera

Bactrocera
Ceratitis
Paracantha
Rhagoletis
Tephritis
Urophora
Euaresta
hundreds more


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Rhagoletis

Diversity
ca. 70 species

Species

R. mendax
R. zephyria
R. pomonella
Lonicera fly
many others

Rhagoletis
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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hybrid has two meanings.[1]

The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses.
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North America is a continent [1] in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west
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Tephritidae

Diversity
500 genera, about 5,000 species

Genera

Bactrocera
Ceratitis
Paracantha
Rhagoletis
Tephritis
Urophora
Euaresta
hundreds more


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introduced species (also known as naturalized species or exotic species) is an organism that is not indigenous to a given place or area and instead has been accidentally or deliberately transported to this new location by human activity.
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Lonicera
L.

Species
See text - Selected Species

Honeysuckles (genus Lonicera; syn. Caprifolium Mill.) are arching shrubs or twining vines in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
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An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its ornamental qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value. The term is often abbreviated to ornamental (usually as a noun) when used in horticultural contexts.
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hybrid has two meanings.[1]

The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses.
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R. mendax

Binomial name
Rhagoletis mendax
Curran

Rhagoletis mendax is a species of tephritid fruit fly known by the common name blueberry maggot.
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Cyanococcus
Rydb.

Species
See text.

Blueberries are flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus. The species are native to North America, eastern Asia and Northern Europe.
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Symphoricarpos
Dill. ex Juss.

Species
About 15 species; see text

Symphoricarpos is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous shrubs in the family Caprifoliaceae.
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S. pomarinus

Binomial name
Stercorarius pomarinus
Temminck, 1815

The Pomarine Skua, Stercorarius pomarinus, known as Pomarine Jaeger
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A. oustaleti

Binomial name
Anas oustaleti
Salvadori, 1894

Former distribution of the Mariana Mallard. Birds were all-year residents.

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