Anastrepha fraterculus (Peruvian morphotype)
Common name
South American fruit flyHost plants
Highly polyphagous,
infesting at least the following families:
Part of plant attacked: fruit.
Host records from the Pacific coast lowlands of Peru can be reliably associated with the Peruvian morphotype. Host records from other regions of Peru are uncertain, as additional morphotypes of A. fraterculus s.l. are present in Peru and their exact limits of distribution are not known.
Many host families have been reported for A. fraterculus s.l., e.g., Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Combretaceae, Ebenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Juglandaceae, Lauraceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Olacaceae, Oxalidaceae, Punicaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Sapotaceae, Solanaceae, Staphyleaceae, Sterculiaceae, Vitaceae. Whether or not members of the Peruvian morphotype infest some of these hosts is not known.
Biogeographic region and distribution
NeotropicalSouth America: Columbia (Pacific coastal lowlands), Ecuador (Pacific coastal lowlands), Peru (Pacific coastal lowlands and probably mid-elevations of eastern slopes of Andes); at elevations below about 1500 m.
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., 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.
Korytkowski G., C. A. and D. Ojeda Peña. 1970: Especies del genero Anastrepha Schiner 1868 en el nor-oeste peruano. Revista Peruana de Entomología (1968) 11: 32-70.
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.
