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Specimen 3848: Ceratitis venusta (Munro)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species venusta
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Subgenus Hoplolophomyia
    Species venusta

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3848
Scientific name: Ceratitis venusta (Munro)
Host plant: Solanaceae / Solanum anguivi (None)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Kakamega Forest (n.s.)  (Originaly Kakamega forest)
Coordinates 34°53'0.02" E / 0°16'0" N
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: 16-5-1936
Collector: Krauss, N.L.H.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 15 (8 male(s), 7 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'Kr18' 'Solanum sp. probably indicum'. 2ff & 1m with marriotti characters, aculeus dissected and more like venusta. All placed here under venusta

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