dithrycine

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Etymology[edit]

Clipping of translingual Dithrycini

Noun[edit]

dithrycine (plural dithrycines)

  1. (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 Artemisia (B. Merz, unpublished data); however, Ptiloedaspis does not share synapomorphies with other dithrycines, which induce stem galls on Artemisia.
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