title: Phytalmia
text: # Phytalmia
  
  Phytalmia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. The males of some species are noted for their hornlike projections on their heads, which are used for fighting.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Phytalmia alcicornis (Saunders, 1861)
  * Phytalmia antilocapra McAlpine & Schneider, 1978
  * Phytalmia biarmata Malloch, 1939
  * Phytalmia cervicornis Gerstaecker, 1860
  * Phytalmia megalotis Gerstaecker, 1860
  * Phytalmia mouldsi McAlpine & Schneider, 1978
  * Phytalmia robertsi Schneider, 1993
  