Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tephritidae, Ceratitis capitata?
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| lynkos |
Posted on 20-10-2005 06:50
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Yesterday it was obviously "Fly Day" in my holm oak woods and in the rare moments of sun I managed to get a few interesting pics. The first I've tentatively identified as the Tephritidae, Ceratitis capitata. How near have I got?   Thanks, Sarah |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 20-10-2005 07:23
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi Sarah, Your id is perfect! This is the only 'wild' Ceratitis we have in Europe. |
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| lynkos |
Posted on 20-10-2005 08:19
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Woww...!!! One spot on is a great way to start the day  , Sarah |
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| paqui |
Posted on 20-10-2005 17:50
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
well, i?m not sure about the correct localities where it?s "wild", I can only tell it?s a real nightmare for orange trees. It appeared suddenly and now there are lots of them (mediterranean coast)! really good pics!  |
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| Andre |
Posted on 20-10-2005 20:04
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Yes, it's a well-known pest indeed. A few years ago I found an adult specimen on my portugees (biologically grown  ) tangerine, at home in Tilburg the Netherlands. Very beautiful, this pest! |
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| lynkos |
Posted on 21-10-2005 08:00
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Member Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 466 Joined: 20.06.05 |
Yes, it is such a beautiful fly and though I know it can be a menace to man and his actions, I choose to think of it as just another beautiful creature Sarah |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 30-01-2006 23:13
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9543 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thailand, Pattaya. Same? 
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 31-01-2006 08:37
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Ceratitis may well be right but hte patterns are different. C. capitata as above, for example, has a yellowish anterior margin of the scutellum and the is no reticulation in the basal half of the wing.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 31-01-2006 12:51
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9543 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Paul. So at least Tribe CERATITINI, probably Ceratitis. According checklist of Australasian Diptera, there is only one Ceratitits in region: "capitata Wiedemann, 1824: 55 (Tephritis). "India Orient"; widesp. W Australia, Hawaiian Is [introduced]; USA [introduced], pantrop." Also there is one widespread CERATITINI fly: CERATITELLA tomentosa de Meijere, 1914b: 207. Indonesia (Java); Australia (Qld); widesp. Oriental Reg. Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 01-02-2006 08:48
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Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi This last one is no Ceratitis but rather an Acroceratitis. Easily recognised ba the lack of small black dots in the basal half of the wing, present in Ceratitis. Though there is a monograph on the Tephritidae of Thailand and surrounding countries, I seem to be unable to identify the species. It is undoubtely closely related to A. histrionica (de Meijere, 1914). But I will need more details, for instance a profile of the face, in order to identify it properly. John Edited by John Smit on 01-02-2006 08:49 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 01-02-2006 17:16
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9543 Joined: 24.05.05 |
To tell you truth I was vary much disappointed by Paul's reply. Wellknown fruit pest better for insecta photocollection than modest and hurmless Oriental Tephritid. I was wrong and Paul was right, the situation rather predictable, alas! Thank you Paul and John. Another image of Acroceratitis histrionica? attached. 
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| John Smit |
Posted on 02-02-2006 13:22
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Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi Nikita, Thanks for the second photo. Exactly what I asked for, but still I am not able to identify it, sorry. Perhaps I need a more recent key or one of the ajacent areas. John |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 02-02-2006 13:23
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Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
Hi Nikita, Thanks for the second photo. Exactly what I asked for, but still I am not able to identify it, sorry. Perhaps I need a more recent key or one of the ajacent areas. John |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 02-02-2006 14:49
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9543 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you John.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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