Ceratitis
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Ceratitis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species.[1] One of the best known species is Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly.[2]
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Ceratitis | |
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Ceratitis capitata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Dacinae |
Tribe: | Ceratidini |
Genus: | Ceratitis Macleay, 1829 |
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The genus contains several subgenera:
- Acropteromma
- Ceratalaspis
- Hoplolophomyia
- Pardalaspis
- Pterandrus