Biology:Ceratodacus

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Short description: Genus of flies

Ceratodacus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Blepharoneurinae
Genus: Ceratodacus
Hendel, 1914
Type species
Ceratodacus longicornis
Hendel, 1914

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

  1. 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