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Specimen 10050: Dacus punctatifrons Karsch

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Dacini
  Genus Dacus
   Species punctatifrons
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Dacini
  Genus Dacus
   Species punctatifrons

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #10050
Scientific name: Dacus punctatifrons Karsch
Host plant: Cucurbitaceae / Melothria punctata (None)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Ruthshuru  (Originaly Rutshuru, Kivu)
Coordinates 29°26'60" E / 1°10'60" S
Collection: IRSNB: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussel, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 25-1-1937
Collector: Ghesquière, J.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 4 (0 male(s), 4 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 3671 in Ghesquière's notebooks: 'ex fruits Cucurbitaceae du 5.I Melothria punctata Cogn.'

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