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Euaresta regularis Norrbom

Recognition
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Euaresta regularis  is one of three species of Euaresta lacking the anterior notopleural seta. It closely resembles E. toba, but can be distinguished by its more uniform wing pattern. The female can be recognized by its long terminalia; E. regularis is the only species of Euaresta in which the oviscape is longer than the mesonotum.

Classification and Evolutionary Relationships
Order: Diptera. Family: Tephritidae. Subfamily: Tephritinae. Genus: Euaresta. Species: regularis. Author: Norrbom.
Relationships among the species of Euaresta were analyzed by Norrbom (1993). Click here for more detailed discussion of Euaresta phylogeny. Euaresta regularis has been placed in the toba species group.

Names Used for this Species
Euaresta regularis Norrbom 1993: 202.
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Type Data
Holotype - Female (USP), BRAZIL: São Paulo: Barueri, 4 Dec 1965, K. Lenko.

Distribution
Euaresta regularis is known only from southern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Parana).
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Biology
Euaresta regularis breeds in female flowers of Ambrosia polystachya DC., the only host plant known to date (Norrbom 1993).

Economic Significance
Euaresta regularis is not known to be of economic significance.

References
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Norrbom, A. L. 1993. New species and phylogenetic analysis of Euaresta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) with a key to the species from the Americas south of Mexico. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 95: 195-209. [description, phylogenetic relationships]
Norrbom, A. L., L. E. Carroll, F. C. Thompson, I. M. White & A. Freidberg. 1999. Systematic database of names, pp. 65-251. In F. C. Thompson (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. Myia (1998) 9, vii + 524 pp. & Diptera Data Dissemination Disk (CD-ROM) (1998) 1. [p. 145, in catalog]

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