Anastrepha and
Toxotrypana:
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Anastrepha and
Toxotrypana:
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Body. Setae red brown, or dark red brown.
Head. Frons with brown band or mark including ocellar tubercle and extending to eye margin (also dark brown anteromedially in holotype). Occiput with 3 separate or 1 large trilobed brown area on medial and lateral sclerites. Frontal setae 0–3 (1–2 in holotype, small, weak, barely differentiated from setulae). Orbital setae 1–2 in holotype, small, weak, barely differentiated from setulae. Ocellar seta weak, small or absent. Gena with brown spot below eye. Facial carina in profile concave or flat on dorsal 2/3. Face with ventral part gradually tapered laterally; without brown markings, or with brown markings. Facial carina without brown markings. Antennal groove with brown vitta or ventral spot on side of carina (in holotype with elongate spot on ventral half). Face without whitish markings. Antenna not extended to ventral margin of face. Palpus in lateral view evenly setulose.
Thorax. Postpronotal lobe and notopleuron entirely microtrichose. Scutum nonmicrotrichose except narrowly medially and laterally and broad triangular postsutural area, or nonmicrotrichose (mostly nonmicrotrichose? (not obvious in holotype); microtrichose on lateral margin, along transverse suture, and posterior to suture, on and lateral to sublateral yellow vitta). Scutellum disc microtrichose basally (apical margin nonmicrotrichose). Postpronotal, presutural supra-alar, dorsocentral, intra-alar and scutellar setae absent or small and weak, much shorter than scutellum length. Acrostichal seta small, weak, or absent (presumed, area damaged by pin in holotype). Basal scutellar seta absent. Katepisternal seta absent. Scutum pale sublateral postsutural vitta extended posteriorly to intra-alar seta (posterior end of brown sublateral vitta not laterally curved and not covering base of intra-alar seta). Scutum posteriorly with brown or orange brown band or other transverse marking or larger posteromedial mark. Scutum with 2–3 pairs of brown vittae. Submedial scutal vittae separated from posteromedial brown mark. Scutal posteromedial brown mark longer than wide. Scutellum brown on side, markings not connected apically, or with brown band on sides and apex (disk narrowly brown basally). Mesopleuron mostly yellow to orange, with dark brown spots or bands on at least anepisternum, katepisternum and anepimeron. Anatergite with complete brown sublateral vitta. Subscutellum yellow to red brown medially, dark brown laterally. Mediotergite yellow to red brown medially, dark brown laterally. Femora entirely yellow to orange. Fore femur with posterodorsal and ventral rows of setae weak, barely differentiated from setulae.
Wings. Wing pattern with basal half of S-band reduced to streak in cubital cells, costal band continuous to wing apex, proximal arm of V-band variable. Cell c mostly or entirely infuscated to subhyaline, or paler posteriorly, without distinct subapical hyaline area. C-band broadly extending to vein M in cell br along cell bm; covering base of cell r2+3; yellow or orange area posterior to pterostigma filling all of band in cells r1 and r2+3. Cell bm entirely hyaline or infuscated only along subapical fold. S-band base without extension in cell a1 to or almost to posterior margin. Cubital streak (isolated base of S-band) entirely covering cell bcu. Subapical hyaline area in radial cells distal to r-m S-band entirely covering cell r2+3 distal to r-m. S-band distal section without marginal hyaline band or spots in cell r2+3 or near apices of R2+3 or R4+5. S-band distally not extended to apex of vein M. V-band proximal arm absent or diffuse and much paler than apical half of S-band. V-band distal arm absent. S-band distal section width ratio (width of S-band/width of cell r2+3, both measured perpendicular to costal margin at apex of vein R2+3) 1. Area surrounding apex of lobe of cell bcu with microtrichia similar in density to area anterdistal to it along vein Cu1. Area between S-band and V-band entirely microtrichose in cells dm and cu1. Vein R2+3 strongly sinuous; without accessory vein, or with anteriorly-directed accessory vein. Vein R4+5 distal to crossvein r-m more or less evenly curved or not strongly bowed medially. Crossvein dm-cu orientation with anterior end more distal than posterior end.
Abdomen. Abdomen petiolate, syntergite 1+2 with basal part narrow and parallel-sided and apical part distinctly broader. Abdominal tergite with brown markings. Oviscape entirely yellow to orange brown; strongly dorsally arched. Eversible membrane with dorsobasal denticles all sclerotized, in continuous triangular to semicircular or suboval pattern. Aculeus tip lateral margins not curved dorsally; not flared outward at or proximal to base.
Sex of recorded specimens: female.
This species is not considered economically important. Its only reported host is a species of Morrenia (Asclepiadaceae). Refer to the Fruit Fly Databases for host plant information.
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