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Specimen 2123: Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species edwardsi
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Subgenus Pardalaspis
    Species edwardsi

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #2123
Scientific name: Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Voacanga thouarsii (None)
Country: Uganda
Locality: Kawanda [uncertain geo-reference]  (Originaly Kawanda)
Coordinates 32°31'59.99" E / 0°25'60" N
Collection: SANC: Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 7-9-1940
Collector: Taylor, T.H.C.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (0 male(s), 0 female(s), 1 unsexed)
Remarks: specimen largely damaged; only wings and part of thorax remaining. Voacanga obtusa

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