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Ceratitis

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

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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

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