Ceratitis
Sign in to saveCeratitis 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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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTephritidae
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- Ceratitis capitata - adult.jpg
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Article
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