Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula.
Species
- Metasphenisca atricomata <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca axilatra <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca bezziana <small>(Enderlein, 1911)</small>
- Metasphenisca bifaria <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca caeca <small>(Bezzi, 1908)</small>
- Metasphenisca discocephala <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca ghenti <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca gracilipes <small>(Loew, 1862)</small>
- Metasphenisca grandidieri <small>(Bezzi, 1924)</small>
- Metasphenisca haematopoda <small>(Bezzi, 1924)</small>
- Metasphenisca hazelae <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca interrupta <small>(Munro, 1929)</small>
- Metasphenisca longulior <small>(Munro, 1929)</small>
- Metasphenisca marmorea <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca micrura <small>Hering, 1942</small>
- Metasphenisca negeviana <small>(Freidberg, 1974)</small>
- Metasphenisca nigricans <small>(Wiedemann, 1830)</small>
- Metasphenisca nigricosta <small>(Bezzi, 1908)</small>
- Metasphenisca nigriseta <small>(Bezzi, 1924)</small>
- Metasphenisca pallidifemur <small>Hancock, 1991</small>
- Metasphenisca parallela <small>Hering, 1935</small>
- Metasphenisca parilis <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca quinquemaculata <small>(Macquart, 1846)</small>
- Metasphenisca reinhardi <small>(Wiedemann, 1824)</small>
- Metasphenisca rubida <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca spathuliniforma <small>Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968</small>
- Metasphenisca tetrachaeta <small>(Bezzi, 1918)</small>
- Metasphenisca transilis <small>Munro, 1947</small>
- Metasphenisca zernyi <small>Hering, 1941</small>
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