Ceratitis
| Ceratitis | |
|---|---|
| Ceratitis capitata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Dacinae |
| Tribe: | Ceratidini |
| Genus: | Ceratitis Macleay, 1829 |
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