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Ceratitis
Sign in to saveAlso known as ceratite, ceratites, ceratite fruit flies
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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTephritidae
Observations recorded20,682
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Tephritidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, TAMU, QM, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Ceratitis capitata - adult.jpg
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- taxon name
- Ceratitis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Ceratitis
- Commons category
- Ceratitis
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Species
- Subgenus ''Acropteromma''
- Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''
- Subgenus ''Ceratitis''
- Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''
- Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''
- Subgenus ''Pterandrus''
- References
- External links
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 [in some schemes as own genus] Ceratalaspis Ceratitis Hoplolophomyia Pardalaspis Pterandrus
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