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Specimen 10946: 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: #10946
Scientific name: Dacus frontalis Becker
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Apocynaceae (unspecified) (None)
Country: Eritrea
Locality: Embatkala  (Originaly Embatkalia)
Coordinates 39°4'49.98" E / 15°24'5" N
Collection: BMNH: Natural History Museum, London, UK
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 13-8-1953
Collector: anon
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 2 (1 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 1350m. reared but host plant unknown; 'Acokanthera abyssinica' = invalid name; perhaps Marsdenia or Lagenaria abyssinica?

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