Coptera silvestrii (Kieffer)
Galesus silvestrii: Silvestri 1913: 123. Redescription.
Galesus silvestrii: Silvestri 1914: 116. English translation of Silvestri (1913).
Galesus silvestrii: Kieffer 1916: 204. Keyed; 225. Redescription.
Galesus silvestrii: Nixon 1930: 401, 402, 411. Redescription, keyed.
Galesus silvestrii: Risbec 1950: 534, 535, 540. Variation, keyed.
Galesus silvestrii: Risbec 1953: 550. Diagnosis, variation.
Galesus silvestrii: Risbec 1954: 542. Keyed.
Psilus silvestrii: Masner 1965: 38. Type information, generic transfer.
Psilus silvestrii: Sundholm 1970: 325. Variation.
Coptera silvestrii: Johnson 1992: 153. Cataloged.
Collected from Ceratitis anonae Graham infesting “Aberia” (plant identity uncertain), Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) infesting Chrysobalanus ellipticus Sol. ex Sabine (Chrysobalanaceae), and Trirhithrum nigerrimum (Bezzi) infesting coffee.
Cultivated on Ceratitis colae Silvestri, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), Dacus bivittatus (Bigot), and Ceratitis capitata.
The following host records (all confirmed) are reported in Clausen et al. (1965):
Collected from Ceratitis simi Munro infesting Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf. and from Ceratitis contramedia (Munro) and Dacus spp. infesting Warburgia spp. and cultivated cucurbits, respectively, in Kenya. Also reared from guava infested with Ceratitis rosa Karsch and medfly in South Africa.
There are no specimens currently determined for this OTU, or those specimens determined for this OTU are not yet mappable.