Ceratodacus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Subfamily: | Blepharoneurinae |
Genus: |
Ceratodacus Hendel, 1914 |
Type species | |
Ceratodacus longicornis Hendel, 1914
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Ceratodacus is a genus of tephritid fruitfly. The type species Ceratodacus longicornis is found in South America in Brazil, Guyana and Peru. Nothing is known about its host plant. A second species, Ceratodacus priscus Norrbom & Condon, 2000 has been described from Dominican amber (Upper Eocene, age estimates vary widely from 15 to 45 million years). [1]