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Specimen 24: Ceratitis aliena (Bezzi)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #24
Scientific name: Ceratitis aliena (Bezzi)
Host plant: Solanaceae / Solanum nigrum (black nightshade)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Naivasha
Coordinates 36°25'59.99" E / 0°42'60" S
Collection: NMKE: National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 1936
Collector: Turner, H.J.A.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 17 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 16 unsexed)
Remarks: not sexed, with different dates. 'Bred ex black Solanum' (probably Solanum nigrum)

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