Biology:Ceratitis
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Ceratitis | |
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| Ceratitis capitata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Dacinae |
| Tribe: | Ceratidini |
| Genus: | Ceratitis Macleay, 1829 |
Ceratitis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species.[1] One of the best known species is Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly.[2]
The genus contains several subgenera:
- Acropteromma
- Ceratalaspis
- Hoplolophomyia
- Pardalaspis
- Pterandrus
Species
Subgenus Acropteromma
- Ceratitis munroana (Bezzi)
Subgenus Ceratalaspis
- Ceratitis aliena (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis andranotobaka Hancock
- Ceratitis antistictica Bezzi
- Ceratitis argenteobrunnea Munro
- Ceratitis brucei Munro
- Ceratitis connexa (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis contramedia (Munro)
- Ceratitis cosyra (Walker)
- Ceratitis discussa Munro
- Ceratitis divaricata (Munro)
- Ceratitis dumeti Munro
- Ceratitis epixantha (Hering)
- Ceratitis grahami Munro
- Ceratitis guttiformis Munro
- Ceratitis hancocki De Meyer
- Ceratitis lentigera Munro
- Ceratitis lineata (Hering)
- Ceratitis lunata Munro
- Ceratitis marriotti Munro
- Ceratitis mlimaensis De Meyer
- Ceratitis morstatti Bezzi
- Ceratitis nana Munro
- Ceratitis neostictica De Meyer
- Ceratitis ovalis Munro
- Ceratitis paradumeti De Meyer
- Ceratitis quinaria (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis scaevolae (Munro)
- Ceratitis silvestrii Bezzi
- Ceratitis simi Munro
- Ceratitis stictica Bezzi
- Ceratitis striatella (Munro)
- Ceratitis sucini De Meyer
- Ceratitis turneri (Munro)
- Ceratitis venusta (Munro)
Subgenus Ceratitis
- Ceratitis brachychaeta Freidberg
- Ceratitis caetrata Munro
- Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
- Ceratitis catoirii Guérin-Méneville
- Ceratitis cornuta (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis malgassa Munro
- Ceratitis manjakatompo Hancock
- Ceratitis pinax Munro
Subgenus Hoplolophomyia
- Ceratitis cristata (Bezzi)
Subgenus Pardalaspis
- Ceratitis bremii Guérin-Méneville
- Ceratitis cuthbertsoni (Munro)
- Ceratitis ditissima (Munro)
- Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)
- Ceratitis hamata De Meyer
- Ceratitis munroi De Meyer
- Ceratitis punctata (Wiedemann)
- Ceratitis semipunctata De Meyer
- Ceratitis serrata De Meyer
- Ceratitis zairensis De Meyer
Subgenus Pterandrus
- Ceratitis acicularis (Munro)
- Ceratitis anonae Graham
- Ceratitis bicincta Enderlein
- Ceratitis chirinda (Hancock)
- Ceratitis colae Silvestri
- Ceratitis curvata (Munro)
- Ceratitis faceta Enderlein
- Ceratitis flexuosa (Walker)
- Ceratitis fulicoides (Munro)
- Ceratitis gravinotata (Munro)
- Ceratitis inauratipes (Munro)
- Ceratitis lepida (Munro)
- Ceratitis lobata Munro
- Ceratitis melanopus (Hering)
- Ceratitis pedestris (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis penicillata (Bigot)
- Ceratitis pinnatifemur Enderlein
- Ceratitis podocarpi (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis querita (Munro)
- Ceratitis rosa Karsch
- Ceratitis roubaudi (Bezzi)
- Ceratitis rubivora (Coquillett)
- Ceratitis tananarivana Hancock
- Ceratitis tripteris (Munro)
Subgenus unknown
- Ceratitis fasciventris (Bezzi)
References
- ↑ Aluja, Martin, ed. Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. doi:10.1201/9781420074468. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781420074468/fruit-flies-tephritidae-martin-aluja-allen-norrbom.
- ↑ Copeland, R.S.; Wharton, R.A.; Luke, Q.; Meyer, M. de; Lux, S.; Zenz, N.; Machera, P.; Okumu, M. (2006). "Geographic Distribution, Host Fruit, and Parasitoids of African Fruit Fly Pests Ceratitis anonae, Ceratitis cosyra, Ceratitis fasciventris, and Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Kenya" (in English). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99 (2): –. ISSN 0013-8746. http://www.entsoc.org/pubs/periodicals/ann.
External links
On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Ceratitis capitata, Mediterranean fruit fly
- Ceratitis cosyra, mango fruit fly
- Ceratitis rosa, Natal fruit fly
- Tephritid Workers Database
Wikidata ☰ Q2946369 entry
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