Ceratitis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tephritoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Acalyptrata Superfamilia: Tephritoidea

Familia: Tephritidae
Subfamilia: Dacinae
Tribus: Ceratitidini
Genus: Ceratitis
Subgenera (6): Acropteromma – Ceratalaspis – Ceratitis – Hoplolophomyia – Pardalaspis – Pterandrus

see also ?Pinacochaeta – ?Carpophthoromyia

Overview of species (92)

C. acicularis – C. aliena – C. andranotobaka – C. anonae – C. antistictica – C. argenteobrunnea – C. argenteostriata – C. barbata – C. brachychaeta – C. bremii – C. brucei – C. caetrata – C. capitata – C. catoirii – C. colae – C. connexa – C. contramedia – C. copelandi – C. cornuta – C. cosyra – C. cristata – C. curvata – C. cuthbertsoni – C. discussa – C. ditissima – C. divaricata – C. dumeti – C. ealensis – C. edwardsi – C. epixantha – C. fasciventris – C. flava – C. flexuosa – C. fulicoides – C. giffardi – C. grahami – C. gravinotata – C. guttiformis – C. hamata – C. hancocki – C. lentigera – C. lepida – C. lineata – C. lobata – C. lunata – C. malgassa – C. manjakatompo – C. marriotti – C. melanopus – C. millicentae – C. mlimaensis – C. morstatti – C. munroi – C. nana – C. neostictica – C. nigricornis – C. obtusicuspis – C. oraria – C. ovalis – C. paracolae – C. paradumeti – C. pedestris – C. penicillata – C. pennitibialis – C. perisae – C. perseus – C. pinax – C. pinnatifemur – C. podocarpi – C. punctata – C. pycnanthi – C. quinaria – C. rosa – C. roubaudi – C. rubivora – C. sarcocephali – C. scaevolae – C. semipunctata – C. serrata – C. silvestrii – C. simi – C. stictica – C. stipula – C. striatella – C. sucini – C. tananarivana – C. tripteris – C. turneri – C. venusta – C. whartoni – C. whitei – C. zairensis

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist]

Name

Ceratitis Mackleay, 1829

References

Hancock, D.L. & White, I.M. 1997. The identity of Trirhithrum nigrum (Graham) and some new combinations in Ceratitis MacLeay (Diptera: Tephritidae). Entomologist 116(3-4): 192–197. [not seen]
De Meyer, M. 1996. Revision of the subgenus Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) Bezzi, 1918 (Diptera, Tephritidae, Ceratitini). Systematic Entomology 21(1): 15–26. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1996.tb00596.x . Reference page.
De Meyer, M. 1998. Revision of the subgenus Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) Hancock (Diptera: Tephritidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 88: 257–290. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300025888 . Reference page.
De Meyer, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2009. A new sexually dimorphic Ceratitis species from Kenya (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 5: 21-26. Reference page.
De Meyer, M., Delatte, H., Ekesi, S., Jordaens, K., Kalinová, B., Manrakhan, A., Mwatawala, M., Steck, G.J., Van Cann, J., Vaníčková, L., Břízová, R., Virgilio, M. 2015. An integrative approach to unravel the Ceratitis FAR (Diptera, Tephritidae) cryptic species complex: a review. In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys 540: 405–427. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.10046 Full article Reference page.
Mwatawala, M., Virgilio, M., Joseph, J. & De Meyer, M. 2015. Niche partitioning among two Ceratitis rosa morphotypes and other Ceratitis pest species (Diptera, Tephritidae) along an altitudinal transect in Central Tanzania. In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys 540: 429–442. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.6016 Full article Reference page.
Steck, G.J. & Ekesi, S. 2015. Description of third instar larvae of Ceratitis fasciventris, C. anonae, C. rosa (FAR complex) and C. capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae). In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys 540: 443-466. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.10061 Full article Reference page.
Tanga, C.M., Manrakhan, A., Daneel, J-H., Mohamed, S.A., Fathiya, K. & Ekesi, S. 2015. Comparative analysis of development and survival of two Natal fruit fly Ceratitis rosa Karsch (Diptera, Tephritidae) populations from Kenya and South Africa. In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys 540: 467-487. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.9906 Full article Reference page.
Van Cann, J., Virgilio, M., Jordaens, K. & De Meyer, M. 2015. Wing morphometrics as a possible tool for the diagnosis of the Ceratitis fasciventris, C. anonae, C. rosa complex (Diptera, Tephritidae). In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys, 540: 489-506. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.9724 Full article Reference page.
Vaníčková, L., Břízová, R., Pompeiano, A., Ekesi, S. & De Meyer, M. 2015. Cuticular hydrocarbons corroborate the distinction between lowland and highland Natal fruit fly (Tephritidae, Ceratitis rosa) populations. In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys, 540: 507-524. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.9619 Full article Reference page.
Virgilio, M., Delatte, H., Nzogela, Y.B., Simiand, C., Quilici, S., De Meyer, M. & Mwatawala, M. 2015. Population structure and cryptic genetic variation in the mango fruit fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Diptera, Tephritidae). In: De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds) Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys, 540: 525-538. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.540.9618 Full article Reference page.

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