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Specimen 5887: 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: #5887
Scientific name: Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi
Host plant: Rubiaceae / Coffea sp. (coffee)
Country: Nigeria
Locality: Lagos
Coordinates 3°22'60" E / 6°27'0" N
Collection: MCSNM: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: from 16-11-1912 to 17-11-1912
Collector: Silvestri, F.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: date/host from Silvestri 1913 - only "Lagos, S. Nigeria, Silvestri" on labels-part of syntypic series of nigerrimum-v.teneral-appears to be coffea

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