Anastrepha rojasi, Norrbom & Korytkowski, 2009

Norrbom, Allen L. & Korytkowski, Cheslavo A., 2009, A revision of the Anastrepha robusta species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) 2182, Zootaxa 2182 (1), pp. 1-91 : 53-55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2182.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E887C3-FFBD-FFB4-FF68-0CB1FEE93FE7
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Anastrepha rojasi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anastrepha rojasi View in CoL , new species

Figs. 58 View FIGURES 54–62 , 92 View FIGURES 91–96 , 106 View FIGURES 101–107 , 140 View FIGURES 131–148 , 162 View FIGURES 149–163 , 209–210 View FIGURES 205–210

Anastrepha rojasi Norrbom & Korytkowski View in CoL in Korytkowski 2004: 64 [nomen nudum; in key].

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to A. binodosa and A. miza , which have very similar aculeus tips with two pairs of ridges that project in ventral view as small lateral protuberances. In the key of Steyskal (1977) it runs to A. binodosa . It differs from both species in having dark red brown to black setae, the hyaline area in cell br small, 0.33–0.64 times as long as the distal colored area of the cell, and in terminalia length, shorter than in A. binodosa but longer than in A. miza .

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. 2–4 (usually 3) frontal setae; 2 orbital setae, posterior seta well developed (rarely absent, on 1 side in 2 specimens, on both sides in 1 specimen of 57 specimens examined). Ocellar seta weak, at most 1.2 times as long as ocellar tubercle. Facial carina, in profile, slightly concave to slightly convex (usually straight) dorsally and medially. Antenna extended 0.62–0.80 distance to ventral facial margin.

Thorax: Mostly orange with following areas white or pale yellow (usually poorly differentiated in the dried specimens examined): postpronotal lobe; paired sublateral scutal vitta from transverse suture to posterior margin, including intra-alar seta; entire scutellum; dorsal margin of anepisternum; katepimeron; and most of anatergite and katatergite. Scutum orange medially, without white vitta; posterior margin sometimes with broad dark orange band (brown in Panamanian specimens), with straight anterior margin, not extended beyond acrostichal seta, and ending laterally at sublateral white vitta, not extended to intra-alar seta. Subscutellum and mediotergite entirely orange. Mesonotum 3.85–4.32 mm long. Scutum entirely microtrichose; setulae yellow to orange. Katepisternal seta undifferentiated or small, weak, and yellowish.

Wing ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 54–62 ): Length 8.33–9.40 mm, width 3.5–4.0 mm, ratio 2.28–2.53. Apex of vein R 1 at 0.53–0.57 wing length. Cell c 1.08–1.27 times as long as pterostigma; pterostigma 3.37–4.25 times as long as wide. Vein R 2+3 without sharp bends or undulations. Crossvein r-m at 0.66–0.69 distance from bm-cu to dm-cu on vein M. Vein M slightly curved apically; cell r 4+5 1.00–1.13 times as wide at apex as at level of dm-cu. Cell bcu with distal lobe moderately long, length of bcu 1.57–1.74 times as long as anterior margin. Wing pattern mostly orange. C-band with cells bc and c mostly yellowish, cell c posteriorly sometimes with elongate subhyaline area; pterostigma usually pale brown, except posterobasal corner, and portions of distal and posterior margins of band in cells br, r 1 and r 2+3 narrowly pale brown. C-band and S-band broadly to very broadly connected along vein R 4+5; hyaline area in cell br small, reaching vein R 4+5, 0.33–0.64 times as long as distal colored area of cell; cell dm with basal hyaline area small to moderate sized. S-band with margins narrowly pale brown, except proximal margin in cell dm orange, posterior margin of basal part broadly pale brown in cells dm and especially cu 1 and with distinct incision in cell cu 1; distal section relatively broad, at apex of vein R 2+3 0.70–0.78 times width of cell r 2+3, even in width or slightly broadening in cell r 2+3, well separated from apex of vein M; hyaline area proximal to it usually ending at vein R 2+3, rarely (1 Costa Rican female) narrowly separated from vein or occasionally (5 Costa Rican males) extending slightly into cell r 1. Hyaline basomarginal spot in cell r 1 subtriangular, sometimes with blunt apex, extended to vein R 4+5, its apex aligned proximal to crossvein r-m. V-band complete, mostly pale brown, proximal arm with medial orange area from connection with S-band to anterior 0.67 to entire length of dm-cu; broadly connected to S-band in cell r 2+3; proximal arm moderately broad, gradually and slightly broadening posteriorly to vein Cu 1, and with broad basal entension along wing margin, at level of vein M 1.2–1.7 times as wide as distal arm, 0.8–1.3 times as wide as hyaline area proximal to it in cells r 4+5 and dm; distal arm usually slender.

Abdomen: Mostly orange, without brown markings.

Male terminalia ( Figs. 209–210 View FIGURES 205–210 ): Lateral surstylus very short, extended beyond prensisetae by at most 0.5 times length of prensiseta; in lateral view tapered to blunt apex; in posterior view gradually tapered to blunt apex, ventrolateral margin strongly produced. Proctiger with ventral and lateral sclerotized areas connected but lateral areas separate dorsally. Phallus 5.05–5.20 mm long, 1.17–1.26 times as long as mesonotum; glans 0.55–0.58 mm long.

Female terminalia: Oviscape 2.90–3.44 mm long, 0.73–0.86 times as long as mesonotum; base orange, distal 0.33–0.45 brown; spiracle at basal 0.30–0.36. Eversible membrane ( Fig. 92 View FIGURES 91–96 ) with 50–60 long slender hooklike dorsobasal scales in 3–4 irregular transverse rows separated from minute basal denticles by several rows of weakly sclerotized to membranous smaller thin more widely spaced scales. Aculeus ( Fig. 140 View FIGURES 131–148 ) straight to slightly ventrally curved in lateral view, 2.60–3.00 mm long; in ventral view base expanded, 0.20–0.22 mm wide; shaft ca. 0.08–0.09 mm wide at midlength; tip ( Fig. 162 View FIGURES 149–163 ) 0.30–0.36 mm long, 0.08–0.09 mm wide, 3.75–4.00 times as long as wide, 0.03–0.04 mm wide in lateral view, 0.38–0.50 times ventral width, in ventral view with 2 pairs of small lateral protuberances, 1 subbasal, the other near distal two-fifths, both continuing on dorsal side as weak ridges; parallel-sided until distal protuberances then slightly expanded and gradually tapered to blunt apex, distal 0.34–0.41 very finely serrate, sides of serrate part slightly convex. Spermathecae ( Fig. 106 View FIGURES 101–107 ) spherical.

Distribution. Anastrepha rojasi is known from Costa Rica and Panamá.

Biology. Most of the type specimens were reared from fruits of Moutabea longifolia Poepp. & Endl. (Polygalaceae) . The larvae feed in the seeds. The host plant is a woody vine which occurs from Costa Rica to Bolivia and Brazil (central Amazon) (TROPICOS database). Vouchers of the host plant were determined by botanists at the INBio herbarium and are deposited there.

Type Data. Holotype female ( INBio INBio0003033727 View Materials ), COSTA RICA: Limón: ACLA-C, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, Sendero Espavel , 400 m despues de la cuesta, LS 400742 570120, 500– 600 m, emerged 7 Jan 1999 reared by E. Rojas from fruits, larvae feeding in seeds of Moutabea longifolia Poepp. & Endl. (no. 335 ERojas) coll. 9 Dec 1998, E. Rojas, A. L. Norrbom, M. A. Zumbado, B. Gamboa, F. A. Quesada & D. Briceño, 98-ER-037.5; mounted with puparium in gel cap on pin . Paratypes: Same data as holotype, emerged 4 Jan 1999, 98-ER-037.2, 2♀ 2 puparia ( INBio INBio0003033713-15 View Materials , INBio0003033750 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 5 Jan 1999, 98-ER-037.3, 1♂ 6♀ 7 puparia ( USNM INBio0003033716-22 View Materials , INBio0003033753 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 6 Jan 1999, 98-ER-037.4, 1♂ 12♀ 14 puparia ( INBio INBio0003033705 View Materials , INBio0003033737 View Materials , INBio0003033742-46, INBio0003033748-49, INBio0003033751-52, INBio0003033754-57 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 7 Jan 1999, 98-ER-037.5, 1♂ 4♀ 9 puparia ( INBio INBio0003033728 View Materials , INBio0003033736 View Materials , INBio0003033739-41, INBio0003033747 View Materials ) 2♀ ( USNM INBio0003033735 View Materials , INBio0003033738 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 8 Jan 1999, 98-ER-037.6, 7♂ 1♀ 14 puparia ( INBio INBio0003033709-11 View Materials , INBio0003033729-34 View Materials ) 3♂ 1♀ 1 puparium ( USNM INBio0003033708 View Materials , INBio0003033723-25 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 9 Jan 1999, 98-ER- 037.7, 2♂ 4 puparia ( INBio INBio0003033706 View Materials , INBio0003033712 View Materials , INBio0003033726 View Materials ) ; same locality, emerged 12 Feb 1999 reared from fruit of Moutabea longifolia coll. 9 Jan 1999, E. Rojas, ER-00019.1, 1♀ ( USNM INBio002153969 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 13 Feb 1999, ER-00019.2, 1♂ 3♀ ( USNM INBio002153970-73 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 14 Feb 1999, ER-00019.3, 1♂ ( USNM INBio002153937 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 8 Feb 1999, ER- 002.1, 1♂ 1♀ ( MEUP INBio INBio002153963-64 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 14 Feb 1999, ER-002.2, 2♀ ( INBio INBio002153965-66 View Materials ) ; same, emerged 16 Feb 1999, ER-002.3, 1♀ ( USNM INBio002153967 View Materials ) . PANAMÁ: Panamá: Barro Colorado Island , Sep 1943, J. Zetek 5101, 1♂ ( USNM USNMENT00216154 About USNM ) ; same, Dec 1943, J. Zetek 5113, 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00216155 About USNM ) .