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Specimen 1529: Ceratitis penicillata Bigot

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species penicillata
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species penicillata

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #1529
Scientific name: Ceratitis penicillata Bigot
Host plant: Sterculiaceae / Cola sp. (None)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Sandoa  (Originaly Sandoa, Katanga)
Coordinates 22°52'0.01" E / 9°40'60" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 2-1932
Collector: Overlaet, F.G.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (0 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: type material of junior synonym C. fumitactus, 'élevés de larves trouvées dans des noix de kola' according original description. Probably Cola acuminata acc White & Elson-Harris

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