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Specimen 3675: Ceratitis stipula De Meyer & Freidberg

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3675
Scientific name: Ceratitis stipula De Meyer & Freidberg
Host plant: Cecropiaceae / Myrianthus arboreus (bugtree?)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Eala
Coordinates 18°16'59.99" E / 0°4'0" N
Collection: IRSNB: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussel, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: from 14-6-1935 to 2-7-1935
Collector: Ghesquière, J.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 33 (13 male(s), 20 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: '591, fruits de Myrianthus arborea'. '591' = 'du Myrianthus arboreus, fruits recoltés environ 6km d'Eala' according to Ghesquière's notebooks. Tip of aculeus quite broad and blunt (like in obtusicuspis). Also applies to some of the other samples from Eala in KBIN collection

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