Ceratodacus Explained

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 has been described from Dominican amber (Upper Eocene, age estimates vary widely from 15 to 45 million years).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Phylogeny of the Subfamily Blepharoneurinae. Norrbom, Allen L. . Condon, Marty A. Condon. Fruit flies (Tephritidae) : phylogeny and evolution of behavior . Aluja, Martin . Norrbom, A.L. . 2001. CRC Press. 141–143 . 10.1201/9781420074468.sec3. 978-0-8493-1275-5 .