{{Short description|Genus of flies}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Ceratitis capitata - adult.jpg | image_caption = ''Ceratitis capitata'' | taxon = Ceratitis | authority = Macleay, 1829 | display_parents = 2 }}
'''''Ceratitis''''' is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species.<ref>{{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}}</ref> One of the best known species is ''Ceratitis capitata'', the Mediterranean fruit fly.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The genus contains several subgenera: * ''Acropteromma'' [in some schemes as own genus] * ''Ceratalaspis'' * ''Ceratitis'' * ''Hoplolophomyia'' * ''Pardalaspis'' * ''Pterandrus''
==Species== ===Subgenus ''Acropteromma''=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Ceratitis munroana'' {{small|(Bezzi, 1926)}}{{snd}} {{div col end}} (see some as alternative spelling ''Ceratitis munroanum'', elsewhere as protonym ''Acropteromma munroanum'')
===Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis''=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''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}} {{div col end}}
===Subgenus ''Ceratitis''=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''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''). {{div col end}}
===Subgenus ''Hoplolophomyia''=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Ceratitis cristata'' {{small|(Bezzi, 1920)}}{{snd}} {{div col end}}
===Subgenus ''Pardalaspis''=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''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}} {{div col end}}
===Subgenus ''Pterandrus''=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''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}} {{div col end}}
== 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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Category:Dacinae Category:Tephritidae genera Category:Taxa named by William Sharp Macleay