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Carpomya wiedemanni (Meigen)

Recognition
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Carpomya wiedemanni differs from all other species of Carpomya

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

Names Used for this Species
Trypeta wiedemanni Meigen 1826: 320.
Goniglossum wiedemanni:
Carpomya wiedemanni: Norrbom 1997:
Goniglossum wiedmanni: Rondani 1856: 110, missp. wiedemanni Meigen.
Goniglossum wiedermanni: Foote 1984: 90, missp. wiedemanni Meigen. Attibuted to "authors".
Tephritis bryoniae Meigen 1826: 321. Attributed to Megerle. Nomen nudum; published in synonymy, not subsequently validated by usage.
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Type Data
wiedemanni: Syntypes - Both sexes (MNHNP), England and Austria.
bryoniae: Holotype - Sex not stated (NMW), Austria; probably destroyed (Pont 1986).

Distribution
Carpomya wiedemanni is known from Europe, except Scandinavia, the Mediterranean area, and the Balkans; and also from Israel.
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Biology
Carpomya wiedemanni breeds in fruit of  .

Economic Significance
Carpomya wiedemanni is .

Comments
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References
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Norrbom 1997 [phylogenetic relationships]

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