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Anastrepha atrox (Aldrich)

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

Names Used for this Species
Phobema atrox Aldrich 1925: 7.
Anastrepha atrox: Steyskal 1977: 76.
Anastrepha barandiaranae Korytkowski & Ojeda 1968 59. Synonymy (Norrbom & Kim 1988: 2).
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Type Data
atrox: Holotype - Female (USMN), Ecuador. Oriente: Baños.
barandiaranae: Holotype - Female (UPRG), Peru: Cajamarca: Chota, Ajipampa.

Distribution
Anastrepha atrox is known only from Ecuador and Peru.
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Biology
The host plants of A. atrox

Economic Significance
Anastrepha atrox is a pest of 

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]