Ceratitis

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Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata - adult.jpg
Ceratitis capitata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Dacinae
Tribe:
Genus: Ceratitis
Macleay, 1829

Ceratitis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species. One of the best known species is Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly.

The genus contains several subgenera:

  • Acropteromma
  • Ceratalaspis
  • Hoplolophomyia
  • Pardalaspis
  • Pterandrus

Species[]

Subgenus Acropteromma[]

  • (Bezzi)

Subgenus Ceratalaspis[]

Subgenus Ceratitis[]

Subgenus Hoplolophomyia[]

  • (Bezzi)

Subgenus Pardalaspis[]

  • Guérin-Méneville
  • (Munro)
  • (Munro)
  • (Munro)
  • De Meyer
  • De Meyer
  • (Wiedemann)
  • De Meyer
  • De Meyer
  • De Meyer

Subgenus Pterandrus[]

Subgenus unknown[]

  • (Bezzi)

External links[]

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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