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Specimen 4110: 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: #4110
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Rubiaceae / Coffea sp. (coffee)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Ruiru
Coordinates 36°55'0.01" E / 1°7'60" S
Collection: ICIPE: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
Lure: N/A
Reliability: D: associated material, fly ID confirmed or considered reliable
Collecting date: 14-8-2001
Collector: Zenz, N.
Type of association with host plant: Found on, or associated with
Number of specimens 1 (0 male(s), 1 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'trapped in coffee plantation'. Aberrant female with modified bristles (shape as malgassa, but dark as capitata). Found among large series of capitata

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