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Anastrepha ampliata Hernández-Ortiz

Recognition
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Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Genus: Anastrepha. Species: ampliata. Author: Hernández-Ortiz.
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 ampliata has been placed in the fraterculus species group.

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha ampliata Hernández-Ortiz 1991: 230.
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Type Data
Holotype - Female (UNAM), Mexico: Chiapas: Tapachula, Quinta Irene.

Distribution
Anastrepha ampliata is known only from southern Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala.
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Biology
The host plants of Anastrepha ampliata are

Economic Significance
Anastrepha ampliata 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]