Ceratitis
{{Short description|Genus of flies}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Ceratitis capitata - adult.jpg
| image_caption = Ceratitis capitata
| taxon = Ceratitis
| authority = Macleay, 1829
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Ceratitis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species.{{Cite book |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781420074468/fruit-flies-tephritidae-martin-aluja-allen-norrbom |title=Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior |date=1999 |editor-last=Aluja |editor-first=Martin |doi=10.1201/9781420074468 |isbn=978-0-429-12467-9 |editor-last2=Norrbom |editor-first2=Allen}} One of the best known species is Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly.{{Cite journal |last1=Copeland |first1=R.S. |last2=Wharton |first2=R.A. |last3=Luke |first3=Q. |last4=Meyer |first4=M. de |last5=Lux |first5=S. |last6=Zenz |first6=N. |last7=Machera |first7=P. |last8=Okumu |first8=M. |date=2006 |title=Geographic Distribution, Host Fruit, and Parasitoids of African Fruit Fly Pests Ceratitis anonae, Ceratitis cosyra, Ceratitis fasciventris, and Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Kenya |url=http://www.entsoc.org/pubs/periodicals/ann |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |language=English |volume=99 |issue=2 |pages= |issn=0013-8746}}
The genus contains several subgenera:
- Acropteromma [in some schemes as own genus]
- Ceratalaspis
- Ceratitis
- Hoplolophomyia
- Pardalaspis
- Pterandrus
Species
=Subgenus ''Acropteromma''=
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- Ceratitis munroana {{small|(Bezzi, 1926)}}{{snd}}
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(see some as alternative spelling Ceratitis munroanum, elsewhere as protonym Acropteromma munroanum)
=Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''=
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- Ceratitis aliena {{small|(Bezzi, 1920)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis andranotobaka {{small|Hancock, 1984}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis antistictica {{small|Bezzi, 1913}}{{snd}} (Per {{small|Meyer 1998}}, contra scheme on some websites)
- Ceratitis argenteobrunnea {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis brucei {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis connexa {{small|(Bezzi, 1926)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis contramedia {{small|(Munro, 1937)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis cosyra {{small|(Walker, 1849)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis discussa {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis divaricata {{small|(Munro, 1933)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis dumeti {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis ealensis {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2005}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis epixantha {{small|(Hering, 1941)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis flavipennata {{small|Meyer & Virgilio, 2016}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis giffardi {{small|Bezzi, 1912}}{{snd}} (But see {{small|Meyer, 1998}} as uncertainty if a junior synonym of Ceratitis cosyra).
- Ceratitis grahami {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis guttiformis {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis hancocki {{small|Meyer, 1998}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis lentigera {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis lineata {{small|(Hering, 1938)}}{{snd}} (But see {{small|Meyer, 1998}} with doubts over minor differences from Ceratitis striatella).
- Ceratitis lunata {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis marriotti {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis mlimaensis {{small|Meyer, 1998}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis morstatti {{small|Bezzi, 1912}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis nana {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis neostictica {{small|Meyer, 1998}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis oraria {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2005}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis ovalis {{small|Munro, 1935}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis pallidula {{small|Meyer, Mwatawala & Virgilio, 2016}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis paradumeti {{small|Meyer, 1998}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis perisae {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2005}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis perseus {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2005}}{{snd}}
(for Ceratitis pycnanthi {{small|(Ghesquière, 1942)}} see as synonym under Ceratitis striatella per {{small|Meyer, 1998}})
- Ceratitis quinaria {{small|(Bezzi, 1918)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis sarcocephali {{small|(Bezzi, 1924)}}{{snd}}. (But see {{small|Meyer, 1998}} as uncertainty if a junior synonym of Ceratitis cosyra).
- Ceratitis sawahilensis {{small|Meyer & Virgilio, 2016}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis scaevolae {{small|(Munro, 1929)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis silvestrii {{small|Bezzi, 1912}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis simi {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis stictica {{small|Bezzii, 1909}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis striatella {{small|(Munro, 1935)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis sucini {{small|Meyer, 1998}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis taitaensis {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2016}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis turneri {{small|(Munro, 1937)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis venusta {{small|(Munro, 1956)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis whartoni {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2009}}{{snd}}
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=Subgenus ''Ceratitis''=
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- Ceratitis brachychaeta {{small|Freidberg, 1991}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis caetrata {{small|Munro, 1949}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis capitata {{small|(Wiedemann, 1824)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis catoirii {{small|Guérin-Méneville, 1843}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis cornuta {{small|(Bezzi, 1924)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis malgassa {{small|Munro, 1939}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis manjakatompo {{small|Hancock, 1984}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis pinax {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
(note for Ceratitis antistictica see subgenus Ceratalaspis).
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=Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''=
=Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''=
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- Ceratitis bremii {{small|Guérin-Méneville, 1843}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis cuthbertsoni {{small|(Munro, 1936)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis ditissima {{small|(Munro, 1938)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis edwardsi {{small|(Munro, 1957)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis hamata {{small|Meyer, 1996}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis millicentae {{small|Meyer & Copeland, 2005}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis munroi {{small|Meyer, 1996}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis punctata {{small|(Wiedemann, 1824) }}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis semipunctata {{small|Meyer, 1996}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis serrata {{small|Meyer, 1996}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis zairensis {{small|Meyer, 1996}}{{snd}}
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=Subgenus ''Pterandrus''=
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- Ceratitis acicularis {{small|(Munro, 1969)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis anonae {{small|Graham, 1908}}{{snd}} [FARQ complex]
- Ceratitis argenteostriata {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis barbata {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis bicincta {{small|Enderlein, 1920}}{{snd}} (see also under Trirhithrum bicinctum {{small|(Enderlein, 1920)}}).
- Ceratitis chirinda {{small|(Hancock, 1985)}}{{snd}} [See Neoceratitis chirinda in Norrbom et al., 1999]
- Ceratitis colae {{small|Silvestri, 1913}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis copelandi {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis curvata {{small|(Munro, 1937)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis faceta {{small|Enderlein, 1920}}{{snd}} (see also under Trirhithrum facetum {{small|(Enderlein, 1920)}}){{snd}}
- Ceratitis fasciventris {{small|(Bezzi, 1920)}}{{snd}} [not in Norrbom 1999] [FARQ complex]
- Ceratitis flexuosa {{small|(Walker, 1853)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis fulicoides {{small|(Munro, 1943)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis gravinotata {{small|(Munro, 1937)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis inauratipes {{small|(Munro, 1933)}}{{snd}} (see also under Trirhithrum inauratipes {{small|Munro, 1933}}
- Ceratitis lepida {{small|(Munro, 1969)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis lobata {{small|Munro, 1933}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis melanopus {{small|(Hering, 1942)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis nigricornis {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis obtusicuspis {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis paracolae {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis pedestris {{small|(Bezzi, 1924)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis penicillata {{small|(Bigot, 1891}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis pennitibialis {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis pinnatifemur {{small|Enderlein, 1920}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis podocarpi {{small|(Bezzi, 1924)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis querita {{small|(Munro, 1937)}}{{snd}} (see also under Trirhithrum queritum {{small|Munro, 1937}}).
- Ceratitis quilicii {{small|Meyer, Mwatawala & Virgilio, 2016}}{{snd}} [FARQ complex]
- Ceratitis rosa {{small|Karsch, 1887}} [FARQ complex]
- Ceratitis roubaudi {{small|(Bezzi, 1923)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis rubivora {{small|(Coquillett, 1901}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis stipula {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis tananarivana {{small|Hancock, 1984}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis tripteris {{small|(Munro, 1957)}}{{snd}}
- Ceratitis whitei {{small|Meyer & Freidberg, 2006}}{{snd}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/mediterranean_fruit_fly.htm Ceratitis capitata, Mediterranean fruit fly]
- [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/tropical/mango_fruit_fly.htm Ceratitis cosyra, mango fruit fly]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100615125214/http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/tropical/natal_fruit_fly.htm Ceratitis rosa, Natal fruit fly]
- [http://www.tephritid.org Tephritid Workers Database]
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