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Specimen 5847: Trirhithrum senex Munro

Taxonomy

Status: valid

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

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #5847
Scientific name: Trirhithrum senex Munro
Host plant: Rubiaceae / Polysphaeria parvifolia (None)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Kinondo  (Originaly Kinondo, Kwale distr)
Coordinates 39°32'60" E / 4°22'60" S
Collection: BMNH: Natural History Museum, London, UK
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 31-7-1997
Collector: Nderitu, P.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 4 (2 male(s), 2 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: [with nigerrimum] label says Chasalia [sic!] parvifolia K. Schum. But that is a montane spp. So probably C. umbraticola (Copeland pers comm 21/9/01)

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