Exceptional Longevity in the Tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a Close Relative of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly | Zendy

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Exceptional Longevity in the Tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a Close Relative of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly

Author(s) -

Pierre François Duyck,

Nikos A. Kouloussis,

Nikos T. Papadopoulos,

Serge Quilici,

James R. Carey

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of economic entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818

H-Index - 101

eISSN - 1938-291X

pISSN - 0022-0493

DOI - 10.1603/ec11055

Subject(s) - ceratitis capitata , biology , longevity , tephritidae , host (biology) , life span , capitata , insect , zoology , ecology , botany , pest analysis , evolutionary biology , genetics , brassica oleracea

This study shows that the fruit fly, Ceratitis rosa (Karsch), has a significantly longer life span than the medfly, C. capitata (Wiedemann); the species used as a model organism for the demographics of insect aging. This was somewhat surprising given that both have similar distributions and overlapping niches. We postulate that the greater longevity of C. rosa is related to the fact that it can occupy colder habitats where the availability of suitable host plants may be very unpredictable in both time and space.

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