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Specimen 5250: Ceratitis cuthbertsoni (Munro)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #5250
Scientific name: Ceratitis cuthbertsoni (Munro)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Tabernaemontana stapfiana (soccerball fruit)
Country: Zimbabwe
Locality: Mutare (as Umtali)  (Originaly Umtali, Vumba Mts)
Coordinates 32°40'0.01" E / 18°58'0.01" S
Collection: NMBZ: Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Lure: N/A
Reliability: B: reared material, fly ID unconfirmed but considered reliable
Collecting date: 10-1935
Collector: Cuthbertson, A.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 6 (4 male(s), 2 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: mentioned in Hancock (2003) as series divided between NMBZ & PPHZ. Listed as paratypes but see De Meyer (1996) for lectotype designation. See record 484 for host association

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