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Specimen 3170: Ceratitis cristata (Bezzi)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species cristata
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Hoplolopha
   Species cristata

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3170
Scientific name: Ceratitis cristata (Bezzi)
Host plant: Rutaceae / Vepris nobilis (None)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Kericho/Kisumu Road (USAID point 361)  (Originaly Kericho/Kisumu Road (USAID No361))
Coordinates 35°9'41" E / 0°16'11" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 21-11-1999
Collector: Copeland, R.S.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 2 (1 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: USAID collecting programme, collection nr 361. Aberrant species with only 1 frontal bristle (see De Meyer & Copeland, 2001)

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