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Specimen 11526: Dacus vertebratus Bezzy

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #11526
Scientific name: Dacus vertebratus Bezzy
Host plant: N/A / (Unknown) (None)
Country: South Africa
Locality: Port Shepstone
Coordinates 30°26'60" E / 30°45'0" S
Collection: SANC: Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Lure: N/A
Reliability: F: no host data, fly ID confirmed or considered reliable
Collecting date: 9-5-1926
Collector: Munro, H.K
Type of association with host plant: N/A
Number of specimens 1 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: HT of junior synonym Didacus engoninus. Type locality published as Durban but this specimen has correct date of capture; D. Barraclough suggested (pers comm) that Pt.Shepstone is in a loose sense part of Durban and suggested assuming this is the type

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