"Tephritidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A large family of fruit flies in the order DIPTERA, comprising over 4,500 species in about 100 genera. They have patterned wings and brightly colored bodies and are found predominantly in the tropical latitudes.
| Descriptor ID |
D033621
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850
|
| Concept/Terms |
Fruit Fly, Queensland- Fruit Fly, Queensland
- Flies, Queensland Fruit
- Fly, Queensland Fruit
- Fruit Flies, Queensland
- Queensland Fruit Flies
- Queensland Fruit Fly
- Bactrocera tryoni
- Bactrocera tryonus
- tryoni, Bactrocera
Fruit Fly, Mexican- Fruit Fly, Mexican
- Flies, Mexican Fruit
- Fly, Mexican Fruit
- Fruit Flies, Mexican
- Mexican Fruit Flies
- Mexican Fruit Fly
- Anastrepha ludens
- Anastrepha luden
- luden, Anastrepha
Fruit Fly, Caribbean- Fruit Fly, Caribbean
- Caribbean Fruit Flies
- Caribbean Fruit Fly
- Flies, Caribbean Fruit
- Fly, Caribbean Fruit
- Fruit Flies, Caribbean
- Anastrepha suspensa
- Anastrepha suspensas
- suspensas, Anastrepha
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Tephritidae".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Tephritidae".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tephritidae" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tephritidae" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Tephritidae" by people in Profiles.