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Anastrepha benjamini Lima

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Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Genus: Anastrepha. Species: benjamini. 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 benjamini has been placed in the benjamini species group.

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha benjamini Lima 1938: 16.
Anastrepha discessa Stone 1942: 34. Synonymy ( ).
Anastrepha connexa: Lima 1938: 61. Misidentification.
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Type Data
benjamini: Holotype - Female (IOC), Brazil. Bahia: Agua Preta.
discessa: Holotype - Female (IOC), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Campo Grande.

Distribution
Anastrepha benjamini is known only from Brazil (Bahia, Rio de Janeiro).
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Biology
The host plants of Anastrepha benjamini are

Economic Significance
Anastrepha benjamini 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 1997: 146.
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]