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Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart)

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Recognition
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Anastrepha obliqua differs .

Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Genus: Anastrepha. Species: obliqua. Author: Macquart.
Relationships among the species of Anastrepha were analyzed by Norrbom et al. (1999) and McPheron et al. (1999). Click here for more detailed discussion of Anastrepha phylogeny. Anastrepha obliqua has been placed in the fraterculus species group.

Names Used for this Species
Tephritis obliqua Macquart 1835: 464.
Anastrepha obliqua:
Anastrepha fraterculus var. mombinpraeoptans Seín 1933: 187. Synonymy (Steyskal ).
Anastrepha mombinpraeoptans:
Anastrepha trinidadensis Greene 1934: 161. Synonymy ( ).
Anastrepha fraterculus var. ligata Lima 1934: 552. Synonymy ( ).
Anastrepha acidusa: Greene 1934: 162. Misidentification; see Stone (1942: 68).
Anastrepha ethalea: Greene 1934: 161. Misidentification; see Stone (1942: 68).
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Type Data
obliqua: Lectotype - Female (MNHNP), Cuba; designated by inference of holotype by Steyskal (1975: 357).
mombinpraeoptans: Holotype - Female (National Museum of Natural History (USMN)), Puerto Rico: Rio Piedras.
trinidadensis: Holotype - Female (National Museum of Natural History (USMN)), Trinidad: Tabaquite.
ligata: Syntypes – Both sexes (CPARJ?), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro.

Distribution
Anastrepha obliqua is known from Mexico (north to southern Sinaloa, Aguascalientes & northern Veracruz) south to Argentina, Greater & Lesser Antilles.

It has been reported from Dominica and St. Lucia (Ambrose 1991). It was briefly established in southern Florida (USA) in the 1930s, but was eradicated and is not currently present (Steck 2001).
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Biology
The biology of A. obliqua is

Economic Significance
Anastrepha obliqua, commonly known as the West Indian fruit fly, is a major pest of mango and .

References
Key references are listed below. See fruit fly literature database for additional references.
Malavasi, A. & R. A. Zucchi, eds. 2000. Moscas-das-frutas de importância econômica no Brasil. Conhecimento básico e aplicado. Holos, Riberão Preto. 327 p. [Brazil]
McPheron, B. A., H.-Y. Han, J. G. Silva & A. L. Norrbom. 1999. Phylogeny of the genera Anastrepha and Toxotrypana (Trypetinae: Toxotrypanini) based upon 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA sequences, p. 343-361. In M. Aluja & A. L. Norrbom, eds., Fruit flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton. [16] + 944 p. [phylogeny]
Norrbom, A. L., R. A. Zucchi & V. Hernández-Ortiz. 1999. Phylogeny of the genera Anastrepha and Toxotrypana (Trypetinae: Toxotrypanini) based on morphology, p. 299-342. In M. Aluja & A. L. Norrbom, eds., Fruit flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton. [16] + 944 p.  [classification & phylogeny]
Stone 1942: 69 [type data]