| Ceratitis | |
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| Ceratitis capitata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1] One of the best known species is Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly.[2]
The genus contains several subgenera:
- Acropteromma
- Ceratalaspis
- Hoplolophomyia
- Pardalaspis
- Pterandrus