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Specimen 5516: Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Trirhithrum
   Species coffeae
Original Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Trirhithrum
   Species coffeae

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #5516
Scientific name: Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi
Host plant: Rubiaceae / Coffea sp. (coffee)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Kwamouth  (Originaly Kungulu, Kwamouth)
Coordinates 16°11'60" E / 3°10'0" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: D: associated material, fly ID confirmed or considered reliable
Collecting date: 1-2-1933
Collector: Sladden
Type of association with host plant: Association unclear
Number of specimens 7 (4 male(s), 3 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: says "sur caféier" but tenerality suggests reared

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