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Specimen 4098: 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: #4098
Scientific name: Ceratitis edwardsi (Munro)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Tabernaemontana longiflora (None)
Country: Sierra Leone
Locality: Njala
Coordinates 11°34'59.99" W / 8°2'0" 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: 12-1935
Collector: Van Zwaluwenburg & McGough
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (0 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: probably SL11 series; other species belong to sp. nr punctata but are in too poor condition.

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