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Ceratitis
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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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTephritidae
Observations recorded20,682
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9 sectionsContents
- Species
- Subgenus ''Acropteromma''
- Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''
- Subgenus ''Ceratitis''
- Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''
- Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''
- Subgenus ''Pterandrus''
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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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