Ceratitis

''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''
* ''Ceratalaspis''
* ''Hoplolophomyia''
* ''Pardalaspis''
* ''Pterandrus''

Species

Subgenus ''Acropteromma''

* '' Ceratitis munroana'' (Bezzi)

Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''

* '' Ceratitis aliena'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis andranotobaka'' Hancock
* '' Ceratitis antistictica'' Bezzi
* '' Ceratitis argenteobrunnea'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis brucei'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis connexa'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis contramedia'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis cosyra'' (Walker)
* '' Ceratitis discussa'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis divaricata'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis dumeti'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis epixantha'' (Hering)
* '' Ceratitis grahami'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis guttiformis'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis hancocki'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis lentigera'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis lineata'' (Hering)
* '' Ceratitis lunata'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis marriotti'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis mlimaensis'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis morstatti'' Bezzi
* '' Ceratitis nana'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis neostictica'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis ovalis'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis paradumeti'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis quinaria'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis scaevolae'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis silvestrii'' Bezzi
* '' Ceratitis simi'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis stictica'' Bezzi
* '' Ceratitis striatella'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis sucini'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis turneri'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis venusta'' (Munro)

Subgenus ''Ceratitis''

* '' Ceratitis brachychaeta'' Freidberg
* '' Ceratitis caetrata'' Munro
* ''Ceratitis capitata'' ( Wiedemann)
* '' Ceratitis catoirii'' Guérin-Méneville
* '' Ceratitis cornuta'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis malgassa'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis manjakatompo'' Hancock
* '' Ceratitis pinax'' Munro

Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''

* '' Ceratitis cristata'' (Bezzi)

Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''

* '' Ceratitis bremii'' Guérin-Méneville
* '' Ceratitis cuthbertsoni'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis ditissima'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis edwardsi'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis hamata'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis munroi'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis punctata'' (Wiedemann)
* '' Ceratitis semipunctata'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis serrata'' De Meyer
* '' Ceratitis zairensis'' De Meyer

Subgenus ''Pterandrus''

* '' Ceratitis acicularis'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis anonae'' Graham
* '' Ceratitis bicincta'' Enderlein
* '' Ceratitis chirinda'' (Hancock)
* '' Ceratitis colae'' Silvestri
* '' Ceratitis curvata'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis faceta'' Enderlein
* '' Ceratitis flexuosa'' (Walker)
* '' Ceratitis fulicoides'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis gravinotata'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis inauratipes'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis lepida'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis lobata'' Munro
* '' Ceratitis melanopus'' (Hering)
* '' Ceratitis pedestris'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis penicillata'' (Bigot)
* '' Ceratitis pinnatifemur'' Enderlein
* '' Ceratitis podocarpi'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis querita'' (Munro)
* '' Ceratitis rosa'' Karsch
* '' Ceratitis roubaudi'' (Bezzi)
* '' Ceratitis rubivora'' (Coquillett)
* '' Ceratitis tananarivana'' Hancock
* '' Ceratitis tripteris'' (Munro)

Subgenus unknown

* '' Ceratitis fasciventris'' (Bezzi)

References

External links

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

''Ceratitis capitata'', Mediterranean fruit fly







Tephritid Workers Database

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2946369

Dacinae
Tephritidae genera
Taxa named by William Sharp Macleay