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Specimen 4842: Ceratitis stipula De Meyer & Freidberg

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species stipula
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species stipula

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #4842
Scientific name: Ceratitis stipula De Meyer & Freidberg
Host plant: Cecropiaceae / Myrianthus arboreus (bugtree?)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Eala
Coordinates 18°16'59.99" E / 0°4'0" N
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 6-1935
Collector: Ghesquière, J.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 4 (1 male(s), 3 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: '591, fruits de Myrianthus arborea'. Tip of aculeus quite broad and blunt (like in obtusicuspis). '591' = 'du Myrianthus arboreus, fruits recoltés environ 6km d'Eala' according to Ghesquière's notebooks. Also applies to some of the other samples from Eala in KBIN collection

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