NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Ceratitis
  Family - Tephritidae
  Infraorder - Muscomorpha
  Suborder - Brachycera
  Order - Diptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ceratitis capitata
      Species - Ceratitis catoirii
      Species - Ceratitis manjakatompo
      Species - Ceratitis pinax
      Species - Ceratitis malgassa
      Species - Ceratitis caetrata
      Species - Ceratitis brachychaeta
      Species - Ceratitis cornuta
      Species - Ceratitis antistictica