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Specimen 3915: Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species edwardsi
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Subgenus Pardalaspis
    Species edwardsi

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #3915
Scientific name: Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Tabernaemontana crassa (None)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Yangambi
Coordinates 24°28'0.01" E / 0°47'0" 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: 15-2-1951
Collector: McGough, J.M.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 6 (3 male(s), 3 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'McG 141', host plant based on other type material

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