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Nomenclator Detail Record
 
 
 
Name: Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata (Wiedemann, 1824: 55)
Type: TL: India orient., mare indico [probably Is. of Indian Ocean] (T M ZMUC)
Status: (Available, Valid) Current Status
Notes: Type data (Wiedemann 1830: 496, Zimsen 1954: 28)
Valid Name: Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata Wiedemann
Family: Tephritidae
Category: Species
Range: (OR: OR PA NT AF AU) tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion; introduced North A frica, s. Europe, Middle East, Neotropics, w. Australia, Hawaii
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Citation: Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1824. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Regio typographeo scholarum, Kiliae [= Kiel]. 60 pp., 1 pl. [1824.06.30+*]
Verification Code: 190
Authority: Norrbom, A.L., L. E. Carroll, L.E., Thompson, F.C., White, I.M. & Freidberg, A. 1999
Revision Date: 06/20/2023
Kind of Name: ValidSpecies
Record #: 77281
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