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Ceratitis capitata

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Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)

Distribution in Iran. Mazandran, Khorasan, Tehran, Gilan, Markazi, Semnan, Isfahan, Yazd, Kermanshah, Kurdistan (Dastgheyb Beheshti 1980, Esmaili 1983, Behdad 1984, Fischer-Colbrie & Busch-Petersen 1989, Sabzevari & Jafari 1991, Modarres Awal 1997, Mohamadzade Namin et al. 2010c, Mirsardoo et al. 2010); Fars (Fazel et al. 2011, Pezhman et al. 2011, Soltanizadeh et al. 2015).

General distribution. Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Indian Ocean Islands, Australia, Pacific Ocean Islands, Europe, Middle East, Central America, South Africa, West Indies (White & Elson-Harris 1992); Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, and introduced to North Africa, South Europe, Middle East, Neotropics, West Australia, Hawaii (Norrbom et al. 1999). Originally an East African species, introduced with commerce to North Africa, Southern Europe, Near and Middle East, Neotropics, Australia and Hawaii, Yemen (Merz et al. 2006).

Notes

Published as part of Saghaei, Nazila, 2016, A checklist of the fruit flies (Diptera ¡ Tephritidae) of the province of Fars in southern Iran., pp. 103-117 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 16 on page 104, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12765703

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wiedemann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Ceratitis
Species
capitata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) sec. Saghaei, 2016

References

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  • Esmaili, M. 1983. The Important Pest of Fruit Trees. Sepehr Publishing, Tehran, Iran, 578 pp.
  • Behdad, E. 1984. Pests of Fruit Crop in Iran. Neshat Publishing, Esfahan, Iran, 822 pp.
  • Fischer-Colbrie, P. & Busch-Petersen, E. 1989. Pest Status: Temperate Europe and West Asia. In! Robinson, A. S. & Hooper, G. (eds.). Fruit Flies: their biology, natural enemies and control. World Crop Pests, 3 A! 91 - 99.
  • Sabzevari, A. & Jafari, M. E. 1991. Bio-ecological studies and eradication of the pest in Mazandaran the last infested area in Iran. Bulletin of Plants Pest and Diseases Research Institute, Tehran, 38 pp. (In Persian).
  • Modarres Awal, M. 1997. List of Agriculture Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Iran, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. 429 pp.
  • Mohamadzade Namin, S.; Nozari, J. & Rasoulian, G. R. 2010 c. The fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Tehran province, with new records for Iranian fauna. Vestnik zoologii 44 (1)! 20 - 31.
  • Mirsardoo, S.; Mafi-Pashakolaei, S. A. & Barari, H. 2010. Preliminary investigation on the geographical distribution of Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Dip., Tephritidae), in Mazandaran province, Iran. Journal of Entomological Research 2 (2)! 143 - 154.
  • Fazel, M. A.; Fallahzadeh, M. & Gheibi, M. 2011. Introduction to the Fruit Flies fauna (Diptera, Tephritidae) of Fars province, Iran. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 43 (2)! 1229 - 1235.
  • Pezhman, H.; Ostovan, H.; Kamali, K. & Rezai, V. A. 2011. Evaluation of various traps and attractants for trapping the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera! Tephritidae), in a mixed-fruit orchard in Shiraz (Fars province). Applied Entomology and Phytopathology 78 (2)! 217 - 236.
  • Soltanizadeh, Z.; Saghaei, N. & Ostovan, H. 2015. A Contribution to the Fauna of Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Fars Province, Southern Iran. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 47 (1)! 925 - 937.
  • White, I. M. & Elson-Harris, M. M. 1992. Fruit flies of economic significance; their identification and bionomics. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK and the Australian Center for Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, 601 pp.
  • Norrbom, A. L.; Carroll, L. E.; Thompson, F. C.; White, I. M. & Freidberg, A. 1999. Systematic Database of Names. Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database / Ed. F. C. Thompson. Myia, 1998, pp. 65 - 299.
  • Merz, B.; Aartsen, B. V.; White, I. M. & van Harten, A. 2006. Fruit flies (Diptera! Tephritidae) of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 21! 365 - 382.