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Carpomya incompleta (Becker)

Recognition
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Carpomya incompleta differs from all other species of Carpomya

Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Subfamily: Trypetinae. Tribe: Carpomyini. Genus: Carpomya. Species: incompleta. Author: Becker.
Relationships among the species of Carpomya were analyzed by Norrbom (1997), who considered C. incompleta to be most closely related to C. schineri and vesuviana. Click here for more detailed discussion of Carpomya phylogeny.

Names Used for this Species
Trypeta incompleta Becker 1903: 135.
Carpomya incompleta:      
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Type Data
Holotype - Male (ZMHU), EGYPT: Suez.

Distribution
Carpomya incompleta is known from southern Europe, Israel, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
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Biology
Carpomya incompleta breeds in fruit of  .

Economic Significance
Carpomya incompleta is .

Comments
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References
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Norrbom 1997 [phylogenetic relationships]

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Content by Allen L. Norrbom. Last Updated: January 30, 2001.