Anastrepha fraterculus (Mexican morphotype)

Common name  

South American fruit fly

Host plants

Highly polyphagous,
infesting at least the following families and genera:

Family	Genus / species	Common name
Anacardiaceae	Mangifera indica	mango
Combretaceae	Terminalia cattapa	tropical almond, almendron
Myrtaceae	Eugenia uniflora	Surinam cherry
	Psidium guava	guava
	Syzigium jambos	rose apple
Rosaceae	Eriobotrya japonica	loquat
	Prunus persica	peach
Rubiaceae	Coffea	coffee
Sapotaceae	Mastichodendron capiri

 

Part of plant attacked: fruit.

Host records from Mexico and Central America can be reliably associated with this morphotype.
 

Biogeographic region and distribution

Neotropical

Mexico.
Central America: all countries.
South America: Colombia?, Venezuela?

Adult taxonomy

Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) species complex

Hernandez-O et al. (2012, 2015) recognized eight morphotypes of Anastrepha fraterculus s.l. At least four of these are strongly supported by genetic, behavioral, and other types of data (Steck 1991, Sutton et al. 2015, Vera et al. 2006).

References

Hernández-Ortiz, V. 1992. El genero Anastrepha Schiner en Mexico (Diptera: Tephritidae): Taxonomia, distribucion y sus plantas huespedes. Instituto de Ecología Sociedad, Mexicana de Entomología, Xalapa, Mexico.

Hernández‑Ortiz, V., A. F. Bartolucci, P. Morales‑Valles, D. Frías and D. Selivon. 2012. Cryptic species of the Anastrepha fraterculus complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): a multivariate approach for the recognition of south American morphotypes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105:305‑318.

Hernández‑Ortiz, V., N. A. Canal, J. O. Tigrero Salas, F. M. Ruíz‑Hurtado, and J. F. Dzul‑Cauich. 2015. Taxonomy and phenotypic relationships of the Anastrepha fraterculus complex in the Mesoamerican and Pacific Neotropical dominions (Diptera, Tephritidae). Zookeys 540:95‑124.

Steck, G. J. 1991. Biochemical systematics and population genetic structure of Anastrepha fraterculus and related species (Diptera: Tephritidae). Annals Entomological Society America 84: 10-28.

Sutton, B. D., G. J. Steck, A.L. Norrbom, E. Rodriguez, P. Srivastava, N. Nolazco Alvarado, F. Colque, E. Yábar Landa, J. J. Lagrava Sánchez, E. Quisberth, E. Arevalo, P. A. Rodriguez Clavijo, J. Alvarez Baca, and T. Guevara Zapata. 2015. Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) variation in Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (1830) (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Andean Region of South America. In: M. De Meyer, A. R. Clarke, T. M. Vera, and J. Hendrichs (Eds): Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys 540: 175-191.

Vera, M. T, C.Cáceres, V. Wornoayporn, A. Islam, A. S. Robinson, M. H. de la Vega, J. Hendrichs, and J. P. Cayol. 2006. Mating Incompatibility among Populations of the South American Fruit Fly Anastrepha fraterculus (Wied.) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Annals Entomological Society America 99: 387-397.