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Specimen 596: Ceratitis punctata (Wiedemann)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species punctata
Original Taxonomy
Genus Tephritis
 Species punctata

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #596
Scientific name: Ceratitis punctata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Sterculiaceae / Theobroma cacao (cocoa)
Country: Congo (D.R.)
Locality: Bikoro  (Originaly Lake Tumba, Bikoro)
Coordinates 18°7'0.01" E / 0°45'0" 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: 1949
Collector: Mamet, M.
Type of association with host plant: Found on, or associated with
Number of specimens 46 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 45 unsexed)
Remarks: not sexed, 'sur cacaoyer'

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