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Anastrepha alveatoides Blanchard

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

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha alveatoides Blanchard 1961: 322.
Anastrepha alveatoides Rosillo 1953: 101. Nomen nudum. Attributed to Blanchard.
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Type Data
Holotype - Female (IPV), Argentina. Cordoba Prov.

Distribution
Anastrepha alveatoides is known from Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) and Argentina (La Rioja, Cordoba).
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Biology
The host plants of Anastrepha alveatoides

Economic Significance
Anastrepha alveatoides is not considered a pest species.

References
Key references are listed below. See fruit fly literature database for additional references.
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]
Uchoa & Zucchi (2000: 244) [Brazil]