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Specimen 5012: Capparimyia melanaspis (Bezzi)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #5012
Scientific name: Capparimyia melanaspis (Bezzi)
Host plant: Capparaceae / Maerua aethiopica (None)
Country: Ethiopia
Locality: Mi'iraba Abaya  (Originaly Mirab Abaya, Gamo Gofa)
Coordinates 37°46'0.01" E / 6°17'60" N
Collection: TAU: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 9-2-2000
Collector: Freidberg, A. & Yarom, I.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: 'ex flowerbud unidentified Capparidaceae' with parasitoid Braconidae probably Psyttalia (det. R. Wharton). ID host later identified

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