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Anastrepha barnesi Aldrich

Recognition
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Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Genus: Anastrepha. Species: barnesi. Author: Aldrich.
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 barnesi has been placed in the leptozona species group.

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha barnesi Aldrich 1925: 3.
Anastrepha virescens Lima 1937: 64. Synonymy ( ).
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Type Data
barnesi: Holotype - Female (USMN), Guatemala. Cayuga.
virescens: Syntypes - Female (IOC), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Tijuca; Campo Grande

Distribution
Anastrepha barnesi is known from Mexico (Oaxaca) to Panama, Guyana, and southern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).
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Biology
The host plants of Anastrepha barnesi are

Economic Significance
Anastrepha barnesi 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]