Anastrepha and Toxotrypana: descriptions, illustrations, and interactive keys

Allen L. Norrbom, Cheslavo A. Korytkowski, Roberto A. Zucchi, Keiko Uramoto, George L. Venable, Jerrett McCormick and Michael J. Dallwitz

Implicit Attributes

Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.

Morphology

Head. Frons without brown markings except ocellar tubercle. Occiput without brown marks. Ocellar seta weak, small or absent. Gena without brown spot. Facial carina in profile concave or flat on dorsal 2/3. Face with ventral part gradually tapered laterally; without brown markings. Face without whitish markings. Antenna not extended to ventral margin of face. Arista of male without preapical expansion. Palpus in lateral view evenly setulose.

Thorax. Postpronotal, presutural supra-alar, dorsocentral, intra-alar and scutellar setae well developed, subequal to or longer than scutellum length. Acrostichal seta well developed. Basal scutellar seta strong, longer than scutellum. Scutum pale sublateral postsutural vitta extended posteriorly to intra-alar seta.

Wings. Cell bm entirely hyaline or infuscated only along subapical fold. S-band distal section without marginal hyaline band or spots in cell r₂₊₃ or near apices of R₂₊₃ or R₄₊₅. Area surrounding apex of lobe of cell bcu with microtrichia similar in density to area anterdistal to it along vein Cu₁. Costa in male with setulae on anterior margin between crossvein h and apex of vein R₁ similar to other setulae. Crossvein dm-cu orientation with anterior end more distal than posterior end.

Abdomen. Abdomen ovate or parallel-sided, syntergite 1+2 gradually broadening or parallel-sided. Abdominal tergite without brown markings. Glans without spinules. Eversible membrane, subbasally on ventral side without cluster of hairs.

Miscellaneous

Data recording adequate.