Ceratitis capitata (WIEDEMANN, 1824)

Soltanizadeh, Zohreh, Saghaei, Nazila & Ostovan, Hadi, 2015, A Contribution to the Fauna of Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Fars Province, Southern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 925-937 : 926

Ceratitis capitata (WIEDEMANN, 1824)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 8♀♀: Fars, Farough, 29º15’N, 53º25’E, 04.x.2013, Malaise trap in Pomegranate garden.

H o s t r e c o r d s f r o m I r a n: Peach, Apricot, Plum, Garden Plum, Pear, Apple, Tomato, Cherry, Quince, Kaki, Grapevine, Pomegranate, Medlar, Fig, Grape, Banana, Tangerine, Mandarin, Citrus and many other fruit trees ( DASTGHEYB BEHESHTI 1980, SABZEVARI & JAFARI 1991, BEHDAD 1991, PEZHMAN et al. 2011, MODARES AWAL 1994).

H o s t s o u t s i d e I r a n: Larvae in peaches, pears and apples ( Rosaceae ). Over 250 plant types from more than 40 families (WHITE & ELSON- HARRIS 1992).

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Mazandran, Khorasan, Tehran, Gilan, Markazi, Semnan, Esfahan, Yazd, Kermanshah, Kordestan ( DASTGHEYB BEHESHTI 1980, ESMAILI 1983, FISCHER- COLBRIE & BUSCH- PETERSEN 1989, SABZEVARI & JAFARI 1991, BEHDAD 1991, MODARES AWAL 1994, MOHAMADZADE NAMIN et al. 2010c, MIRSARDOO et al. 2010), Fars ( FAZEL et al. 2011, PEZHMAN et al. 2011).

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Indian ocean Islands, Australia, Pacific Ocean Islands, Europe, Middle East, Central America, South Africa, West Indies (WHITE & ELSON- HARRIS 1992), Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, introduced North Africa, South Europe, Middle East, Neotropics, West Australia, Hawaii ( NORRBOM et al. 1998), Originally an East African species, introduced with commerce to North Africa, Southern Europe, Near and Middle East, Neotropics, Australia and Hawaii, Yemen ( MERZ et al. 2006).