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Specimen 5142: Ceratitis penicillata Bigot

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #5142
Scientific name: Ceratitis penicillata Bigot
Host plant: Flacourtiaceae / Flacourtia sp. (None)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Eala
Coordinates 18°16'59.99" E / 0°4'0" N
Collection: IRSNB: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussel, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 3-1936
Collector: Ghesquière, J.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 61 (28 male(s), 33 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: '2249' = 'ex fr. Flacourtia' according to Ghesquière's notebooks; paler (more yellowish) form than standard penicillata

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