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Specimen 3053: Ceratitis simi Munro

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3053
Scientific name: Ceratitis simi Munro
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Acokanthera schimperi (round-leaved poison bush)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Nairobi (n.s.)
Coordinates 36°49'0.01" E / 1°16'60" S
Collection: SANC: Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 5-1937
Collector: van Someren, V.G.L.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 3 (0 male(s), 3 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'bred ex Acokanthera 2', probably same as in Munro, 1937

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