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Specimen 2915: Ceratitis colae Silvestri

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #2915
Scientific name: Ceratitis colae Silvestri
Host plant: Sterculiaceae / Cola acuminata (abata cola)
Country: Ghana
Locality: Aburi
Coordinates 0°10'60" W / 5°50'60" N
Collection: IZUSN: Instituto di Zoologia, Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Portici, Italy
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 1913
Collector: Silvestri, F.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 4 (2 male(s), 2 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: probably belong to original type series but not labelled as PLT by Munro; host plant mentioned in Silvestri, 1914 but specimens not labelled as such

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