Biology:Ceratodacus
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Ceratodacus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Blepharoneurinae |
| Genus: | Ceratodacus Hendel, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Ceratodacus longicornis Hendel, 1914
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Ceratodacus is a genus of tephritid fruitfly. The type species Ceratodacus longicornis is found in South America in Brazil, Guyana and Peru. Nothing is known about its host plant. A second species, Ceratodacus priscus Norrbom & Condon, 2000 has been described from Dominican amber (Upper Eocene, age estimates vary widely from 15 to 45 million years).[1]
References
- ↑ Norrbom, Allen L.; Condon, Marty A. Condon (2001). "Phylogeny of the Subfamily Blepharoneurinae". Fruit flies (Tephritidae) : phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press. pp. 141–143.
Wikidata ☰ Q112274046 entry
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