Exceptional larval morphology of nine species of the Anastrephamucronota species group (Diptera, Tephritidae).

ABSTRACT: Anastrepha is the most diverse and economically important genus of Tephritidae in the American tropics and subtropics. The striking morphology of the third instars of Anastrephacaballeroi Norrbom, Anastrephacrebra Stone, Anastrephahaplacantha Norrbom & Korytkowski, Anastrephakorytkowskii Norrbom, Anastrephanolazcoae Norrbom & Korytkowski, and three newly discovered and as yet formally unnamed species (Anastrepha sp. Peru-82, Anastrephasp.nr.protuberans, and Anastrepha sp. Sur-16), and the more typical morphology of Anastrephaaphelocentema Stone, are described using light and scanning electron microscopy. To contribute to a better understanding of the interspecific and intraspecific variation among species in the mucronota

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836592 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature