dithrycine
English
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Etymology
[edit]Clipping of translingual Dithrycini
Noun
[edit]dithrycine (plural dithrycines)
- (entomology) Any fly of the tribe Dithrycini.
- (Can we date this quote?), Phylogenetic relationships, ecology and ecological genetics of cecidogeneous Tephritidae. Raman, A., Schaefer, C. W., Withers, T. M., eds: Biology, Ecology and Evolution of Gall-Inducing Arthropods. Enfield, New Hampshire, USA[1]:
- ... Artemisia (B. Merz, unpublished data); however, Ptiloedaspis does not share synapomorphies with other dithrycines, which induce stem galls on Artemisia.