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Subfamily Dacinae - Tropical Fruit Flies

California Medfly - Ceratitis capitata - male Medfly for California in May - Ceratitis capitata - male Fruit Fly - Bactrocera oleae Mediterranean Fruit Fly - Ceratitis capitata - male Acalyptratae?  It reminds me of an Olive Fruit Fly, but different - Bactrocera oleae - female Acalyptratae?  It reminds me of an Olive Fruit Fly, but different - Bactrocera oleae - female Bactrocera oleae ? - Bactrocera oleae Mediterranean Fruit Fly - Ceratitis capitata - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Dacinae (Tropical Fruit Flies)
Numbers
no native taxa in our area, almost 1100 spp. in >40 genera worldwide(1)
Range
Old World, most diverse in the tropics; represented in the New World by 2 spp. in the Neotropics and some adventive spp.(1)