A revision of the Anastrepha robusta species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) 2182
Author
Norrbom, Allen L.
Author
Korytkowski, Cheslavo A.
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Anastrepha robusta
Greene
Figs. 12
,
56–57
,
91
,
102, 105
,
138–139
,
181
,
187
,
206
Anastrepha robusta
Greene 1934: 144
[description, wing,
Guatemala
,
México
:
Veracruz
];
Stone 1942a: 90
[wing, aculeus tip,
Panamá
];
Fernández Yépez 1953: 36
;
Foote 1967: 15
[in catalog];
Steyskal 1977: 25
[in key];
Zucchi 1978: 55
;
Caraballo 1981: 136
;
Norrbom 1985: 151
[eversible membrane, aculeus tip, male terminalia];
Aluja et al. 1987: 324
[
México
:
Chiapas
,
Oaxaca
];
Hernández-Ortiz 1992: 65
[
México
];
Aluja 1993: 391
[male behavior];
Korytkowski 1997: 66
[in key];
Norrbom
et al
. 1999a: 82
[in catalog,
Costa Rica
];
Norrbom
et al
. 1999b: 306
[wing, aculeus tip, classification];
Korytkowski 2004: 61
[in key];
Hernández-Ortiz 2007: 59
[
México
].
Diagnosis
.
Anastrepha robusta
differs from other species of
Anastrepha
except
A. amaryllis
,
A. fuscata
, and
A. furcata
in having the aculeus strongly dorsally curved. It differs from those three species in the shape of the aculeus tip, with the lateral margins strongly concave. It further differs from
A. fuscata
and
A. furcata
in having the wing pattern more extensively orange, and from
A. amaryllis
in having shorter terminalia.
Description.
Mostly yellow to orange, with white to pale yellow markings. Setae dark red brown to black.
Head: Yellow to orange except brown ocellar tubercle. 3–6 (usually 4–5) frontal setae; 2 orbital setae, posterior seta well developed (very rarely absent; 1 of
102 specimens
checked). Ocellar seta weak, at most twice as long as ocellar tubercle. Facial carina, in profile, slightly concave to slightly convex (usually straight) dorsally and medially. Antenna extended 0.55–0.75 distance to ventral facial margin.
Thorax (
Fig. 12
): Mostly yellow to orange with following areas white or pale yellow (not always well differentiated in dried specimens): postpronotal lobe; inverted T-shaped medial vitta, sometimes diffuse or reduced to quadrate posterior area extended laterally to dorsocentral seta; paired sublateral scutal vitta from transverse suture to posterior margin, including intra-alar seta; entire scutellum; dorsal margin of anepisternum; dorsal margin of katepisternum; katepimeron; and most of anatergite and katatergite. Posterior margin of scutum with orange brown to dark brown band, at least slightly darker than other orange parts of scutum, with more or less straight anterior margin, at most extended to but not entirely including acrostichal seta, ending laterally at sublateral white vitta, not extended to intra-alar seta. Subscutellum and mediotergite entirely orange. Mesonotum
3.35–4.27 mm
long. Scutum entirely microtrichose; setulae yellow to orange, brownish laterally. Katepisternal seta weak, yellow to medium brown, at most 0.40 as large as anepimeral seta.
Wing (
Figs. 56–57
): Length
7.06–8.87 mm
, width
2.7–3.6 mm
, ratio 2.44–2.66. Apex of vein R
1
at 0.52–0.55 wing length. Cell c 1.19–1.49 times as long as pterostigma; pterostigma 2.93–4.17 times as long as wide. Vein R
2+3
without sharp bends or undulations. Crossvein r-m at 0.61–0.68 distance from bm-cu to dm-cu on vein M. Vein M very strongly curved apically; cell r
4+5
0.63–0.83 times as wide at apex as at level of dm-cu. Cell bcu with distal lobe moderately long, length of bcu 1.55–1.75 times as long as anterior margin. Wing pattern mostly orange and moderate brown. C-band mostly yellowish to orange; cell bc yellowish; cell c yellowish, base slightly darker, posteriorly sometimes with elongate subhyaline area; pterostigma mostly moderate brown, brown area sometimes extended into cell r
1
; remainder of cells r
1
, br, and r
2+3
orange except posterior and distal margins partially narrowly moderate brown. C-band and S-band narrowly to broadly connected along vein R
4+5
, hyaline area in cell br moderately large, elongate, reaching vein R
4+5
or rarely [2
Veracruz
specimens] very narrowly separated from it, 1.0–2.0 times as long as distal orange area of cell; cell dm with basal hyaline area moderately large. Basal half of S-band mostly orange with narrow brown margins in radial cells and distally in cell dm, proximal margin in cell dm orange; at least posterior half of part in cell cu
1
moderate brown; posterior margin with distinct incision in cell cu
1
; distal section of band orange with brown margins between vein R
4+5
and costa and often more distally, entirely brown in cell r
4+5
; medium width to moderately broad, at apex of vein R
2+3
0.62–0.85 times width of cell r
2+3
, slightly to distinctly broadening in cell r
2+3
, usually narrowly separated from apex of vein M, occasionally more separated or barely extended to it; hyaline area proximal to it usually ending at vein R
2+3
, rarely (1 Panamanian female) narrowly separated from vein or occasionally (
12 males
,
1 female
) extended slightly into cell r
1
. Hyaline basomarginal spot in cell r
1
triangular, with blunt apex, often narrow, extended to R
4+5
, its apex aligned proximal to crossvein r-m. Vband usually complete, mostly to entirely brown, connected, usually narrowly, to S-band in cell r
2+3
; proximal arm often with medial orange area bordering part to entire length of dm-cu and extending to or beyond vein R
4+5
, often interrupted; proximal arm slender anteriorly, gradually broadening posteriorly, usually with at least short basal extension along wing margin, at level of vein M 1.3–2.1 times as wide as distal arm and 0.55–1.0 times as wide as hyaline area proximal to it in cells r
4+5
and dm; distal arm slender, usually connected to proximal arm, sometimes narrowly, rarely (2
Costa
Rican, 2 Guatemalan of
121 specimens
examined) narrowly separated from proximal arm but reaching or almost reaching vein R
4+5
.
Abdomen: Mostly orange, without brown markings.
Male terminalia (
Fig. 206
): Lateral surstylus short, extended beyond prensisetae by ca. 0.5 times length of prensiseta; in lateral view with apex blunt or with posterodistal margin concave; in posterior view lateral and medial margins convex, apex blunt. Proctiger with ventral and lateral sclerotized areas connected but lateral areas separate dorsally. Phallus
3.12–3.41 mm
long, 0.76–0.93 times as long as mesonotum; glans
0.40–0.45 mm
long.
Female terminalia: Oviscape
2.27–2.52 mm
long, 0.57–0.63 times as long as mesonotum; entirely orange; spiracle at basal 0.35–0.46. Eversible membrane (
Figs. 91
,
102
) with ca. 8–10 moderately long hooklike dorsobasal scales in 1 row distal to several row of smaller stout scales. Aculeus (
Figs. 138–139
) strongly dorsally curved ca. 45° in lateral view,
1.55–1.75 mm
long; in ventral view base expanded,
0.18–0.25 mm
wide; shaft
0.07–0.08 mm
wide at midlength; tip (
Figs. 181
,
187
)
0.21–0.26 mm
long,
0.08–0.09 mm
wide, 2.44–2.89 times as long as wide,
0.075–0.08 mm
wide in lateral view, 0.83–1.00 times ventral width, in ventral view tapered, slightly expanded, then tapered to blunt apex, lateral margins concave, nonserrate. Spermathecae (
Fig. 105
) spherical.
Distribution.
Anastrepha robusta
is known from
México
(
Veracruz
,
Oaxaca
,
Chiapas
),
Guatemala
,
Costa Rica
, and
Panamá
. Records from
Venezuela
and
Brazil
were based on misidentifications. The
paratype
from
Venezuela
is
A. pseudorobusta
.
Stone (1942a: 91)
suggested that the female of
A. furcata
from Rio Cumina,
Brazil
recorded by
Lima (1937b)
is
A. robusta
, but according to
Zucchi (1978: 55)
it is in fact
A. furcata
.
Biology.
The host plants of this species are unknown.
Aluja (1993)
reported observations on the calling behavior of the male.
Type Data.
Holotype
female (
USNM
USNMENT000104285
),
Guatemala
:
Cayuga
,
Jul 1915
,
W. Schaus
[examined].
The
wings of the
holotype
are rather tattered and there is a large crack in its scutum.
The
terminalia are mounted on slide 36.III.13c.
Other specimens examined.
COSTA RICA
:
Guanacaste
: W side
Volcan Orosi
,
Estación Maritza
, LN 326900
373000, 600 m
,
May 1990
,
R. Blanco
,
1♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000264297)
;
same,
28 Feb – 10 Mar 1992
, K.
Taylor
,
2♂
1♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000394949-50, INBioCRI000744263)
;
same,
28 Feb – 10 Mar 1992
, C.
Cano
,
4♂
3♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000763688-92, INBioCRI000763695-96)
1♂
1♀
(
USNM
INBioCRI000763682-83)
;
same,
28 Feb – 10 Mar 1992
, E.
Lopez
,
1♂
2♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000800487-88, INBioCRI000800566)
1♂
1♀
(
USNM
INBioCRI000800568-69)
;
same,
28 Feb – 10 Mar 1992
, R.
Guzman
,
2♂
1♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000441295-96, INBioCRI000441315)
;
same,
28 Feb – 10 Mar 1992
, D.
Garcia
,
2♂
1♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000535651-52, INBioCRI000535656)
;
same,
28 Feb – 10 Mar 1992
, G.
Gallardo
,
1♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000724735)
;
same,
27 Feb – 11 Mar 1992
, D.
Brenes
,
1♂
(
INBio
INBioCRI000482439)
;
same,
27 Feb – 11 Mar 1992
, F. A.
Quesada
,
1♀
(
INBio
INBioCRI000814514)
;
same,
27 Feb – 11 Mar 1992
, R.
Vargas
,
1♂
(
INBio
INBioCRI000468399)
;
Río Los Ahogados
,
11.3 km
ENE of Quebrada Grande
,
10°51'54"N
85°25'22"W
,
470 m
,
7 Mar 1986
,
R. Holzenthal
&
Rasth
,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00051790
)
;
Río Naranjo
,
3 km
SE,
19–22 Feb 1992
, F. D.
Parker
,
1♀
(
USU
USNMENT00212099
)
;
same,
11–18 Mar 1992
,
1♀
(
USU
USNMENT00212100
)
;
same,
1–15 May 1992
,
1♀
(
USU
USNMENT00051789
)
;
same,
21–30 Jun 1992
,
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00212103
)
;
same,
Jul 1992
,
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00051788
)
;
same,
1–10 Sep 1992
,
1♀
(
USU
USNMENT00212102
)
;
same,
8–12 Jun 1993
,
1♂
(
USU
USNMENT00212101
)
;
same,
30–31 Jul 1993
,
1♂
(
USU
USNMENT00216241
)
;
Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja
,
Estación Las Pailas
, LN 306300
388600, 800 m
,
10–18 Apr 1994
,
K. Taylor
,
1♂
(
INBio
INBioCRI001793067)
;
same,
8–26 May 1994
,
1♂
(
USNM
INBioCRI001860468)
.
Puntarenas
:
San Luis Monteverde
,
Finca Buen Amigo
, LN 250850 449250,
1000–1350 m
,
20 Mar – 14 Apr 1995
,
M. Segura
,
1♀
(
USNM
INBioCRI000191330)
.
GUATEMALA
:
Escuintla
:
Palín
,
Granja El Coronel
,
Km
36.5,
McPhail trap
,
26 Mar 1992
,
J. López
,
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00051794
)
;
Palín
,
Granja María Santísima
, km 51,
23 Apr 1992
,
F. Acabajón
,
2♂
2♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00051795-98
)
.
Petén
:
Dolores
,
El Quetzal
,
16°41'44"N
89°42'32"W
,
McPhail trap
,
17 Jul 1995
, J.
López
55,
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00050352
)
.
MEXICO
:
Veracruz
:
Córdoba
, “11.6”,
F. K. Knab
,
1♂
paratype
(
USNM
USNMENT00051791
)
;
Tampico Alto
, trap in chico zapote,
Jun – Jul 1940
,
1♂
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00051792-93
)
.
PANAMÁ
:
Panamá
:
Arraijan
,
23 Jun 1949
,
J. Zetek
5411,
2♂
2♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216246
,
USNMENT00216327
,
USNMENT00216349-50
)
;
same,
May 1949
, J.
Zetek
5405,
1♂
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00052109
,
USNMENT00216454
)
;
same,
11 May 1950
, J.
Zetek
5459,
4♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216326
,
USNMENT00216328
,
USNMENT00216447-48
)
;
same,
1 Jul 1948
, J.
Zetek
5349,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216312
)
;
Balboa
,
Jan 1939
,
J. Zetek
4316,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216449
)
;
El Cermeño
,
16 Jul 1940
,
J. Zetek
4666,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216451
)
;
same,
23 Jan 1940
, J.
Zetek
4624,
2♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216233
,
USNMENT00216452
)
;
same,
6 Feb 1940
, J.
Zetek
4630,
10♂
7♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216234
,
USNMENT00216243
,
USNMENT00216252
,
USNMENT00216313-14
,
USNMENT00216316-17
,
USNMENT00216320-21
,
USNMENT00216344
,
USNMENT00216346-47
,
USNMENT00216453
,
USNMENT00216358
,
USNMENT00216366
,
USNMENT00216369
,
USNMENT00216373
)
;
same,
13 Feb 1940
, J.
Zetek
4632,
9♂
10♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216244
,
USNMENT00216311
,
USNMENT00216319
,
USNMENT00216322-25
,
USNMENT00216329
,
USNMENT00216333
,
USNMENT00216345
,
USNMENT00216356-57
,
USNMENT00216362
,
USNMENT00216364-65
,
USNMENT00216370-72
,
USNMENT00216445
)
;
same,
5 Jul 1939
, J.
Zetek
4499,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216450
)
;
same,
28 Feb 1940
, J.
Zetek
4635,
1♂
2♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216315
,
USNMENT00216348
,
USNMENT00216363
)
;
same,
30 Jan 1940
, J.
Zetek
4628,
3♂
2♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216245
,
USNMENT00216318
,
USNMENT00216330
,
USNMENT00216361
,
USNMENT00216368
)
;
same,
5 Mar 1940
, J.
Zetek
4637,
1♂
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216248
,
USNMENT00216367
)
;
same,
5 Jul 1939
, J.
Zetek
4495,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216249
)
;
same,
4 Apr 1939
, J.
Zetek
4346,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216247
)
;
same,
11 Apr 1939
, J.
Zetek
4347,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216250
)
;
same,
16 May 1939
, J.
Zetek
4385,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216251
)
;
La Campana
,
Feb 1939
,
J. Zetek
4326,
1♂
1♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00216332
,
USNMENT00216359-60
)
;
same,
28 Dec 1938
, J.
Zetek
4310,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216331
)
;
same,
18 May 1938
, J.
Zetek
4163,
1♂
(
USNM
USNMENT00216446
)
.