Ceratitis
Also 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.
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- Species
- Subgenus ''Acropteromma''
- Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''
- Subgenus ''Ceratitis''
- Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''
- Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''
- Subgenus ''Pterandrus''
- References
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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