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Specimen 5297: 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: #5297
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Carissa edulis (egyptian carissa)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Marsabit (20km S)  (Originaly Marsabit, 20km S)
Coordinates 37°54'43.02" E / 2°17'10" N
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 31-12-2003
Collector: Copeland, R.S.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 21 (8 male(s), 13 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: USDA collecting programme, collection nr 2661.

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