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Anastrepha distincta Greene

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Recognition
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Anastrepha distincta differs .

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

Names Used for this Species
Anastrepha distincta Greene 1934: 149.
Anastrepha silvai Lima 1934: 545. Synonymy ( ).
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Type Data
distincta: Holotype - Female (National Museum of Natural History (USMN)), Peru: Lambayeque: Chiclaya [Chiclayo], Hacienda Ouefe.
silvai: Syntypes – Both sexes (Instituto Oswaldo Cruz), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Minas Gerais: Viçosa; & São Paulo.

Distribution
Anastrepha distincta is known from USA (southern Texas) south to Peru & Brazil.
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Biology
The biology of A. distincta is

Economic Significance
Anastrepha distincta is 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]
Stone 1942: 106 [type data, redescription]