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Anastrepha aczeli Blanchard

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

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha aczeli Blanchard 1961: 305.
Anastrepha aczeli Rosillo 1953: 101. Nomen nudum. Attributed to Blanchard.
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Type Data
Holotype – Female (IPV), Argentina. Tucumán: Tucumán.

Distribution
Anastrepha aczeli is known from Argentina and southern Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).
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Biology
The host plants

Economic Significance
Anastrepha aczeli 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]