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TYPE : Trypeta capitata, Wiedemann (1824). 



Tliis very important geiius is represeuted in the Palaearctic 

 Région by tlie type only, whieli lias a very wide geographical distri- 

 l)ution. However it lias many other représentatives in the Oriental 

 Kegion and they ail are, without exception, "fruit f'iies" in the 

 proper sensé of the word and cause excessive damage wherever they 

 exist. 



The bionomics of Ceratitis capitata hâve been known long ago 

 and lias often been studied. The larva feeds on a great variety of 

 cultivated fruits (*) some of thèse are : peaches, apricots, oranges, 

 tangarines, figs, marigoes and guava. 



CERATITIS CAPITATA Wiedemann 

 (PI II fig. 9). 



WiED., Anal, entoni., 55 {Trypi-ta) (1824) et 496. 29. (/V/.) (1830); 

 Macq., 454.1. (Petalophora) (1835) et 219. (1843); Guer.-Menev., 

 198.2. (1843); Westw., «04. f. (1848); Woll.^st., 123. f. (1858); 

 L\v., 123.1. PI. XXVI. f. 1. (1862); v. Rœd., 132. 1. (1885); Hun- 

 Ti.ARD, (1885); Henslow, 655. (1890); Ril. & Howard, 5 et 120. f. 

 (1890); v.d. WuLP, 189. (1896); Lounsbury, (1898); A. Giard, 436- 

 439. (1900); Wachtl, 275 (1900); Johnson, 79. (1904); Mally, 

 (1904); Beck., 144. (1905); John, 58. (1905); Ihering, 4.f.2. {Hal- 

 terophora) (1905); Hempel, 352 (1905) et 213. (1906); Aldrich, 

 601. (1905); Beck., 136. (1908); Froggatt, 308. (1908). 



citripeda Mac Leay, Zool. Journ., XVI. (1829); Heinek., 198. 

 (1830);); Macq., 219. t. XIX. f. 10. (1843); Brauer, 89. (1883). 



? corsyra W.4LK., List Dipt. Brit. Mus., 1042 (1855). 



fh'jjuom Walk., Dipt. Saund.. 382. {Tryppta) (1856); v. Rud., 

 132.1. iflesKosa) (1885). 



hi<paniva de Brème, Ann. Soc entom. Fr., XI. 188. t. VII. 

 f . 1 - 4 (1842); Goureau, 43. (1859); Schin., 174. (1864); Rond., 

 29.1. (Petalophora) (1870); L.4B0ULB., 441. (1871); Mina Palumbo. 

 (1882); Perris, 439. (1871) ; Alfonso & Bonafede, 13. (1882); Pen- 

 ziG. 471. {Halterophom) (1887); Berlese, 1-7. f.l (1899) et 62.f.22. 

 (1900) ; Leonardi, 284. f. 148-150. (1900) ; Ribaga, 35. f. 19-30. 

 (1901); Bez., 276-279 (1909) et 130. (1913); Quaintance. (1912). 



DIAGNOSIS: — A very handsome robust species, easily dis- 

 tinguished by the peculiar coloration of the body and wings, the 

 latter being aiso broad and short and by the large rhomboidal pa- 

 lette-shaped longitudinally striated appendage of the maie. 



(*) For a complète list of the plants attacked see Appendi.x (p. 125, 126). 



