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
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 [FARQ complex] Ceratitis argenteostriata Ceratitis barbata Ceratitis bicincta (see also under Trirhithrum bicinctum ). Ceratitis chirinda [See Neoceratitis chirinda in Norrbom et al., 1999] Ceratitis colae Ceratitis copelandi Ceratitis curvata Ceratitis faceta (see also under Trirhithrum facetum ) Ceratitis fasciventris [not in Norrbom 1999] [FARQ 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 [FARQ complex] Ceratitis rosa [FARQ 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 Ceratitis cosyra, mango fruit fly Ceratitis rosa, Natal fruit fly Tephritid Workers Database