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Capitites

Capitites is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.

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Capitites
Capitites ramulosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Capitites
Foote & Freidberg, 19811
Type species
Trypeta ramulosa
Loew, 18442

Capitites is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.3

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References

  1. Foote, R.H.; Freidberg, A. (1981). "The taxonomy and nomenclature of some Palaearctic Tephritidae (Diptera)". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. (1980) 70: 29–34. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. Loew, H. (1844). "Kritische Untersuchung der europäische n Arten des Genus Trypeta Meig". Z. Ent. (Germar). 5: 312–437.
  3. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
  4. Munro, H.K. (1935). "Biological and systematic notes and records of South African Trypetidae (fruit-flies, Diptera) with descriptions of new species". Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. 9 (1): 18–59.
  5. Bezzi, M. (1924). "Further notes on the Ethiopian fruit-flies, with keys to all the known genera and species [part]". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 15: 73–118.