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Specimen 3873: 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: #3873
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Flacourtiaceae / Dovyalis caffra (kei apple)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Nairobi (n.s.)
Coordinates 36°49'0.01" E / 1°16'60" 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: 23-9-1949
Collector: Skinner, F.E & Mcgough, J.M
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 6 (2 male(s), 4 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: '94' 'ex Doryalis caffra'

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