Ceratitis Lentigera

''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'' n some schemes as own genus* ''Ceratalaspis''
* ''Ceratitis''
* ''Hoplolophomyia''
* ''Pardalaspis''
* ''Pterandrus''

Species

Subgenus ''Acropteromma''

* '' Ceratitis munroana''

(see some as alternative spelling '' Ceratitis munroanum'', elsewhere as protonym '' Acropteromma munroanum'')

Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''

* '' Ceratitis aliena''
* '' Ceratitis andranotobaka''
* '' Ceratitis antistictica'' (Per , contra scheme on some websites)
* '' Ceratitis argenteobrunnea''
* '' Ceratitis brucei''
* '' Ceratitis connexa''
* '' Ceratitis contramedia''
* '' Ceratitis cosyra''
* '' Ceratitis discussa''
* '' Ceratitis divaricata''
* '' Ceratitis dumeti''
* ''Ceratitis ealensis''
* '' Ceratitis epixantha''
* '' Ceratitis flavipennata''
* '' Ceratitis giffardi'' (But see as uncertainty if a junior synonym of '' Ceratitis cosyra'').
* '' Ceratitis grahami''
* '' Ceratitis guttiformis''
* '' Ceratitis hancocki''
* '' Ceratitis lentigera''
* ''Ceratitis lineata'' (But see with doubts over minor differences from ''Ceratitis striatella'').
* ''Ceratitis lunata''
* ''Ceratitis marriotti''
* ''Ceratitis mlimaensis''
* ''Ceratitis morstatti''
* '' Ceratitis nana''
* '' Ceratitis neostictica''
* '' Ceratitis oraria''
* '' Ceratitis ovalis''
* '' Ceratitis pallidula''
* '' Ceratitis paradumeti''
* '' Ceratitis perisae''
* '' Ceratitis perseus''
(for '' Ceratitis pycnanthi'' see as synonym under ''Ceratitis striatella'' per )
* '' Ceratitis quinaria''
* '' Ceratitis sarcocephali'' . (But see as uncertainty if a junior synonym of '' Ceratitis cosyra'').
* '' Ceratitis sawahilensis''
* '' Ceratitis scaevolae''
* '' Ceratitis silvestrii''
* '' Ceratitis simi''
* '' Ceratitis stictica''
* ''Ceratitis striatella''
* '' Ceratitis sucini''
* '' Ceratitis taitaensis''
* '' Ceratitis turneri''
* '' Ceratitis venusta''
* '' Ceratitis whartoni''

Subgenus ''Ceratitis''

* '' Ceratitis brachychaeta''
* '' Ceratitis caetrata''
* ''Ceratitis capitata''
* '' Ceratitis catoirii''
* '' Ceratitis cornuta''
* '' Ceratitis malgassa''
* '' Ceratitis manjakatompo''
* ''Ceratitis pinax''
(note for '' Ceratitis antistictica'' see subgenus ''Ceratalaspis'').

Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''

* ''Ceratitis cristata''

Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''

* ''Ceratitis bremii''
* ''Ceratitis cuthbertsoni''
* ''Ceratitis ditissima''
* ''Ceratitis edwardsi''
* ''Ceratitis hamata''
* '' Ceratitis millicentae''
* '' Ceratitis munroi''
* '' Ceratitis punctata''
* '' Ceratitis semipunctata''
* '' Ceratitis serrata''
* '' Ceratitis zairensis''

Subgenus ''Pterandrus''

* '' Ceratitis acicularis''
* '' Ceratitis anonae'' ARQ complex* ''Ceratitis argenteostriata''
* '' Ceratitis barbata''
* '' Ceratitis bicincta'' (see also under ''Trirhithrum bicinctum'' ).
* '' Ceratitis chirinda'' ee ''Neoceratitis chirinda'' in Norrbom et al., 1999* '' Ceratitis colae''
* '' Ceratitis copelandi''
* '' Ceratitis curvata''
* '' Ceratitis faceta'' (see also under ''Trirhithrum facetum'' )
* '' Ceratitis fasciventris'' ot in Norrbom 1999 ARQ complex* '' Ceratitis flexuosa''
* '' Ceratitis fulicoides''
* '' Ceratitis gravinotata''
* '' Ceratitis inauratipes'' (see also under ''Trirhithrum inauratipes''
* '' Ceratitis lepida''
* '' Ceratitis lobata''
* '' Ceratitis melanopus''
* '' Ceratitis nigricornis''
* '' Ceratitis obtusicuspis''
* '' Ceratitis paracolae''
* '' Ceratitis pedestris''
* '' Ceratitis penicillata''
* '' Ceratitis pennitibialis''
* '' Ceratitis pinnatifemur''
* ''Ceratitis podocarpi''
* '' Ceratitis querita'' (see also under ''Trirhithrum queritum'' ).
* '' Ceratitis quilicii'' ARQ complex* '' Ceratitis rosa'' ARQ complex* '' Ceratitis roubaudi''
* '' Ceratitis rubivora''
* '' Ceratitis stipula''
* '' Ceratitis tananarivana''
* '' Ceratitis tripteris''
* '' Ceratitis whitei''

References

External links

On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

''Ceratitis capitata'', Mediterranean fruit fly







Tephritid Workers Database

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Dacinae
Tephritidae genera
Taxa named by William Sharp Macleay