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Anastrepha barbiellinii Lima

Recognition
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Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Genus: Anastrepha. Species: barbiellinii. Author: Lima.
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 barbiellinii has been tentatively placed in the fraterculus species group.

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha barbiellinii Lima 1938: 61.
Anastrepha bosqi Blanchard 1961: 331. Nomen nudum. Synonymy ( ).
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Type Data
Holotype - Female (IOC), Brazil: São Paulo.

Distribution
Anastrepha barbiellinii is known from Paraguay, southern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), and northeastern Argentina.
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Biology
The host plants of Anastrepha barbiellinii are

Economic Significance
Anastrepha barbiellinii is not considered a pest species.

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, A. 1942. The fruitflies of the genus Anastrepha. U. S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 439, 112 pp. [revision]