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Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1824. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Regio typographeo scholarum, Kiliae [= Kiel]. 60 pp., 1 pl. [1824.06.30+*]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Tephritidae
genus
Ceratitis
species
Ceratitis capitata

Name

Synonyms
Ceratitis asparagi Bezzi, 1924
Ceratitis citripeda Efflatoun, 1924
Ceratitis citriperda Macleay, 1829
Ceratitis hispanica Brême, 1842
Pardalaspis asparagi Bezzi, 1924
Tephritis capitata Wiedemann, 1824
Trypeta capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)
Homonyms
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)
Common names
Medfly in English
Mediterranean fruit fly in language.
Mediterranean fruit fly in English
Mediterranean fruit fly in English
Mediterranean fruit fly in English
Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly in English
Middelhavsfrugtflue in Danish
Mittelmeer-Fruchtfliege in German
Mouche méditerranéenne des fruits, Mouche méditerranéenne, Mouche des fruits, Mouche de l'oranger in French
appelsiinikärpänen in Finnish
medfly in language.
middellandse-zeevlieg in Dutch
Middellandse-Zeevlieg in Dutch
appelsinflue in Norwegian Bokmål
appelsinfluge in Nynorsk, Norwegian
medelhavsfruktfluga in Swedish
Mediterranean fruit fly in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bosik, Joseph J., Chairman, et al. (Committee on Common Names of Insects), 1997: null. Common Names of Insects & Related Organisms. 238.
  2. Messing (1999), https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/IP-4.pdf
  3. Norrbom, A. L., L. E. Carroll, F. C. Thompson, I. M. White and A. Freidberg / F. C. Thompson, ed., 1998: Systematic database of names. Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. Myia, vol. 9. 65-251.
  4. Struwe, Ingemar (2007) SWEDISH BRACHYCERA LIST (sammanställning av taxa inom Diptera)
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