New species and host plants of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) primarily from Suriname and Pará, Brazil

Authors: Norrbom, Allen; MULLER, ALIES - Non ARS Employee; GANGADIN, ANEEL - Non ARS Employee; SUTTON, B.D. - Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services; RODRIGUEZ, E.J. - Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services; SAVARIS, MARCOANDRE - Universidade Federal Do Parana; LAMPERT, SILVANA - Universidade Federal Do Parana; RODRIGUEZ CLAVIJO, P.A. - Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario; STECK, G.J. - Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services; MOORE, M. - Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services; NOLAZCO, ALVARADO, NORMA - Universidad Nacional De Piura; TROYA, HENRY - Agrocalidad; KEIL, CLIFFORD - Pontifica University; PADILLA, ANABEL - Pontifica University; WIEGMANN, BRIAN - North Carolina State University; CASSEL, B.K. - North Carolina State University; BRANHAM, MARC - University Of Florida; RUIZ-ARCE, RAUL - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)

Submitted to: Zootaxa
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/19/2021
Publication Date: 9/27/2021
Citation: Norrbom, A.L., Muller, A., Gangadin, A., Sutton, B., Rodriguez, E., Savaris, M., Lampert, S., Rodriguez Clavijo, P., Steck, G., Moore, M., Nolazco, A., Troya, H., Keil, C.B., Padilla, A., Wiegmann, B., Cassel, B., Branham, M., Ruiz-Arce, R. 2021. New species and host plants of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) primarily from Suriname and Pará, Brazil. Zootaxa. 5044:1-74. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5044.1.1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5044.1.1

Interpretive Summary: Fruit flies include numerous pest species, the majority of which are exotic. In the American tropics and subtropics, the largest group of fruit flies includes more than 300 species and the majority of the region's pest species. This paper formally names and provides descriptions and diagnostic tools (diagnoses, illustrations) for 17 previously unknown species of this group from South America. This information is vital to APHIS-PPQ and other regulatory agencies to prevent the introduction of pest species into the US and to scientists studying numerous aspects of fruit fly biology and control.

Technical Abstract: Seventeen new species of Anastrepha, primarily from Suriname, French Guiana and Pará, Brazil, are described and illustrated: A. aithogaster Norrbom from Brazil (Pará), French Guiana, and Suriname; A. aliesae Norrbom from Suriname; A. brownsbergiensis Norrbom from Suriname; A. crassaculeus Norrbom & Rodriguez Clavijo from Colombia (Magdalena, Norte de Santander) and Suriname; A. curvivenis Norrbom from Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (San Martín), and Suriname; A. fuscoalata Norrbom from Brazil (Pará), French Guiana, and Suriname; A. gangadini Norrbom from Suriname; A. juxtalanceola Norrbom from Brazil (Pará) and Suriname; A. microstrepha Norrbom from Brazil (Bahia) and Suriname; A. mitaraka Norrbom from French Guiana; A. neptis Norrbom from Brazil (Pará), Ecuador (Orellana), Peru (Loreto) and Suriname; A. sobrina Norrbom from Brazil (Pará), French Guiana, and Suriname; A. surinamensis Norrbom from Suriname; A. tenebrosa Norrbom from Brazil (Pará) and Peru (Loreto); A. triangularis Norrbom from Suriname; A. wachiperi Norrbom from French Guiana and Peru (Cusco); and A. wittiensis Norrbom from Suriname. The following host plant records are reported: A. aithogaster from fruit of Parahancornia fasciculata (Poir.) Benoist (Apocynaceae); A. aliesae from fruit of Passiflora coccinea Aubl. and P. glandulosa Cav. (Passifloraceae); A. crassaculeus from fruit of an undetermined species of Pouteria (Sapotaceae); A. sobrina from fruit of Eugenia lambertiana DC. (Myrtaceae); and A. wittiensis from fruit of Manilkara bidentata (A. DC.) A. Chev. (Sapotaceae).