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Specimen 10587: Dacus frontalis Becker

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #10587
Scientific name: Dacus frontalis Becker
Host plant: Cucurbitaceae / Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)
Country: Sudan
Locality: Shambat
Coordinates 32°31'59.99" E / 15°40'0.01" N
Collection: BMNH: Natural History Museum, London, UK
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 18-1-1941
Collector: Ismail, M.M
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'water melon'

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