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Specimen 3831: Ceratitis munroanum (Bezzi)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species munroanum
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Subgenus Acropteromma
    Species munroanum

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3831
Scientific name: Ceratitis munroanum (Bezzi)
Host plant: Meliaceae / Ekebergia capensis (dog plum, Cape ash)
Country: South Africa
Locality: East London (n.s.)
Coordinates 27°53'60" E / 33°1'59.99" S
Collection: USNM: United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 8-1925
Collector: Munro, H.K.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 2 (1 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'M199' = bred from larvae infesting seeds of Ekebergia capensis according to Munro's notebook. Male with sharp indentation of wing tip

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