Ceratitis capitata

Summary

Ceratitis capitata is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ceratitis capitata's image is recorded as Medfly insect.jpg^[3].
• Ceratitis capitata's image is recorded as Male medfly close up insect.jpg^[4].
• Ceratitis capitata's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Ceratitis capitata's parent taxon is recorded as Ceratitis^[7].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon name is recorded as Ceratitis capitata^[8].
• Ceratitis capitata's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083227^[9].
• Ceratitis capitata's Commons category is recorded as Ceratitis capitata^[10].
• Ceratitis capitata's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D033622^[11].
• Ceratitis capitata's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cwzbl^[12].
• Ceratitis capitata's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850.150^[13].
• Ceratitis capitata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7213^[14].
• Ceratitis capitata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 143196^[15].
• Ceratitis capitata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 723951^[16].
• Ceratitis capitata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1626096^[17].
• Ceratitis capitata's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ceratitis capitata^[18].
• Ceratitis capitata's Commons gallery is recorded as Ceratitis capitata^[19].
• Ceratitis capitata's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0195418^[20].
• Ceratitis capitata's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Mediterranean-fruit-fly^[21].
• Ceratitis capitata's BBC Things ID is recorded as c069aa49-4bfb-4f42-bc79-ecf513a443c0^[22].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Middellandse-zeevlieg'}^[23].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'mosca de la fruta'}^[24].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'mosca del mediterraneo'}^[25].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mediterranean fruit fly'}^[26].
• Ceratitis capitata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'appelsinflue'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Ceratitis capitata ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]