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Specimen 10606: Dacus ceropegiae (Munro)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Dacini
  Genus Dacus
   Species ceropegiae
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Dacini
  Genus Acanodacus
   Species ceropegiae

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #10606
Scientific name: Dacus ceropegiae (Munro)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Ceropegia meyeri-johannis (None)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Ngong Hills  (Originaly Ngong)
Coordinates 36°38'0.02" E / 1°23'60" S
Collection: SANC: Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 9-1959
Collector: van Someren, V.G.L
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 2 (1 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'Ceropegia meyeri-johannis var. angiensis'; M1369 in Munro's notebooks. Other codes: T753, W427

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