Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) [Diptera: Tephritidae] Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly. Attacks many fruits, including apple, apricot, citrus, cocoa, coffee, guava, mango, peach, pear, persimmon and plum. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE, Albania, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Crete, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Yugoslavia, USSR, AFRICA, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger.