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Specimen 3862: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species capitata
Original Taxonomy
Genus Tephritis
 Species capitata

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3862
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Sapotaceae / Chrysophyllum viridifolium (None)
Country: South Africa
Locality: Eshowe
Coordinates 31°28'0.01" E / 28°52'59.99" 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: 2-4-1949
Collector: McGough, J.M.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 18 (9 male(s), 9 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: '56A' (label thought to read 'nitidiflorum' but 'viridifolium' according Munro's archives)

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