Dicheniotes distigma

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Dicheniotes distigma is a species of fruit fly in the Tephritidae family. It belongs to the genus Dicheniotes. The species was described by Bezzi in 1924 and has two synonyms: Tephrella distigma (Bezzi, 1924) and Brachyaciura discoguttata (Hering, 1941). This fly is found in Africa, including Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa.

Taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Subfamily: Tephritinae
- Tribe: Tephrellini
- Genus: Dicheniotes
- Species: D. distigma
- Binomial name: Dicheniotes distigma (Bezzi, 1924)