Species Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)
Medfly, Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- Tephritis capitata Wiedemann, C.R.G. 1824. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Kiliae [= Kiel]. 60 pp. [55].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMUC ♂, Ostindian [=East Indies or East India]. - Ceratitis citriperda Macleay, W.S. 1829. Notice of Ceratitis citriperda, an insect very destructive to oranges. Zoological Journal London 4: 475-482 [482].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MMUS ♂ ♀, St Michael (=Sao Miguel), Azores. - Ceratitis hispanica Breme, M. de 1842. Note sur le genre Ceratitis de M. Mac Leay, ordre de Dipteres. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 11(1): 183-190 [188].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MZUT ♂ ♀, environs of Malaga, Spain. - Pardalapsis asparagi Bezzi, M. 1924. South African trypaneid Diptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 19: 449-577 [480].
Type data:
Holotype SANC ♀, East London, South Africa.
Generic Combinations
- Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Dominiak & Daniels (2012) explain that although this species (Medfly) has previously been reported from all states of Australia, it is currently established only in coastal parts of south-western and some northern parts of Western Australia (see map p.105)
Introduced from Africa. Spread to the Mediterranean region. Introduced into WA 1895-97; later spread to NSW, Vic, etc. .
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Dampierland (DL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Distribution References
Common Name References
White, I.M. & Elson-Harris, M.M. 1992. Fruit Flies of Economic Significance: Their Identification and Bionomics. Oxon, UK : CAB International pp. i-xii + 1-601. [291] (Medfly, Mediterranean Fruit Fly)
History of changes
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