taxonID	type	description	language	source
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	description	Figs. 1 – 2, 4 – 7, 9 – 13, 15	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Hexachaeta cundiboyacensis runs with difficulty to H. nigriventris in the key of Hernández-Ortiz (1999) but differs from it and all other species of the colombiana species group in having the following combination of characters: costal cell entirely pale yellow except a narrow brown area on anterior margin, darkening apically to pterostigma vs costal cell with dark marking occupying nearly of anterior mid length in H. nigriventris; proximal hyaline mark in cell r 1 projecting beyond vein R 4 + 5 into br cell vs proximal hyaline mark in cell r 1 reaching vein R 4 + 5 in H. nigriventris; abdominal tergite 1 + 2 entirely yellow, yellow with two laterally brownish spots, or yellow with broad brownish band on apical margin, tergites 3 – 6 and oviscape entirely brownish black; vs all tergites, including syntergite 1 + 2, entirely brownish black in H. nigriventris and the shape of aculeus tip as in (Fig. 15).	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	description	Description Female. Head (Figs. 4 – 5): Yellow to orange except brownish black ocellar tubercle, occiput entirely yellow to orange; 1.35 – 1.64 mm high and 0.75 – 0.88 mm wide; setae black except genal seta dark orange, 3 frontal setae, 2 orbital setae, posterior and lateral vertical setae well developed, 12 – 14 postocular setae; ocellar seta well developed, longer than frontal setae, frons with black sparse setulae, lunule bare. Facial carina concave. Postpedicel yellow to orange, twice as long as wide, rounded apically. Arista brownish black except base yellow to orange with few short black hairs from middle to apex. Palpus yellow with sparse pale orange setulae. Thorax (Fig. 6): Mostly yellow to orange, with postpronotal lobe and lateral margin of scutum bordering it yellowish to white. Scutellum yellowish to white; subscutellum and mediotergite entirely yellow to orange without brown markings. Mesonotum 2.72 – 3.44 mm long. Postpronotal lobe, notopleuron, scutum and scutellum entirely microtrichose; 2 pairs of scapular setae; dorsocentral seta aligned one half to two-thirds distance from postsutural supra-alar seta to postalar seta; acrostichal seta strong, at level of intra-alar seta; 2 pairs of scutellar setae; 1 postpronotal, 2 subequal notopleural, 1 intra-alar, 1 postalar, 2 anepisternal, 1 katepisternal, and 1 anepimeral setae. Katepisternal seta black, well developed, as long as anepisternal seta. Scutal and scutellar setulae black. Legs: Entirely yellow to orange without brown markings. Wing (Fig. 7): 6.80 – 7.86 mm long. Pattern dark brown; costal cell entirely pale yellow except anterior margin narrowly brown, darkening and slightly widening apically; cell r 1 with two hyaline markings, proximal mark extended to middle of cell br or vein M 1, distal mark extended into discal cell; discal and subapical bands jointed on vein M 4; anterior apical band approximately two times as broad as than posterior apical band, nearly reaching apex of vein M 1; anterior apical band and posterior apical band near to touch vein R 2 + 3 in cell r 2 + 3. Abdomen: Female (Fig. 9) Predominantly brownish; syntergite 1 + 2 variable, all yellow, yellow with two lateral brownish spots, or yellow with broad brownish band on apical margin, tergites 3 – 6 entirely brownish black, tergite sometimes 3 yellow with brownish black band laterally. Male (Fig. 10) syntergite 1 + 2 variable: entirely yellow, yellow with two laterally brownish spots or yellow with a brownish broad band on apical margin, tergites 3 – 5 entirely brownish black. All tergites with sparse black setulae. Male Terminalia (Fig. 11): Epandrium dark brown with black setulae, in lateral view height than length, dorsally convex. Proctiger short, membranous, with ventral sclerite extending along the ventral side to the apex, with minute pale brown setulae. Lateral surstylus in lateral view 3.5 times longer than wide, with glabrous, slightly curved elongated acute apex and distinct dorsal preapical hook, two prensisetae tooth-shaped, well developed. Distiphallus as in (Fig. 12), moderately long and slender in ventral and lateral views very weakly sclerotized. Female Terminalia (Figs. 13, 15): Oviscape entirely brownish black, 1.60 – 1.75 mm long; aculeus (Fig. 13) 0.80 – 0.90 mm long, aculeus / oviscape ratio 0.49, aculeus tip as in (Fig. 15) 0.08 – 0.09 mm long (n = 20).	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Hexachaeta cundiboyacensis is known only from Colombia at locations in Cundinamarca and Boyacá departments between 861 – 2465 meters altitude.	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology: Specimens from El Colegio locality (Cundinamarca) were reared from the fruits of Aegiphila integrifolia (Jacq.) B. D. Jacks. (Lamiaceae) (Fig. 17), and the larvae were found feeding inside the seeds (Figs. 18 – 20). Specimens of Opius (Bellopius) hexachaeta Kula and Aguirre (Braconidae) (Fig. 21) were also recovered in the samples parasitizing larvae of H. cundiboyacensis.	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The name of this species is derived from Cundinamarca and Boyacá departments where the type series was collected.	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D62A233FF29FA671BDCFE15.taxon	materials_examined	Type data: Holotype ♀ (MPUJ — ICAMF 00000625) Colombia: Boyacá: Miraflores, vereda Ruista predio el Milagro, 5.2188 ° N 73.1803 ° W, 1559 m, McPhail trap 4. Paratypes: Colombia: Boyacá: Berbeo, predio El Pensamiento, 5.1927 ° N 73.0698 ° W, 1361 m, McPhail trap 112, 28 Oct 2015, ♂ 4 ♀ (ICAMF 00000504). Miraflores, vereda Ruista predio el Milagro, 5.2188 ° N 73.1803 ° W, 1559 m, McPhail trap 4, 9 Jul 2020, 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000552); 23 Jul 2020, 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000555); 26 Nov 2020, ♂ 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000581); 10 Dic 2020, 12 ♂ 16 ♀ (USNM — ICAMF 00000625); 24 Dec 2020, 18 ♂ 22 ♀ (ICAMF 00000626); 3 Jun 2021, 2 ♂ 12 ♀ (ICAMF 00000638); 17 Jun 2021, 4 ♂ 8 ♀ (ICAMF 00000640); 15 Jul 2021, ♀ (ICAMF 00000643); 1 Jul 2021, 4 ♂ 9 ♀ (ICAMF 00000644). Zetaquira, vereda Guanata, predio El Placer 5.2542 ° N 73.1772 ° W, 1636 m, McPhail trap 2, 13 Jun 2018, ♀ (ICAMF 00000508); 27 Jun 2018, ♀ (ICAMF 00000505); 30 Jun 2020, ♀ (ICAMF 00000553); 9 Jul 2020, ♀ (ICAMF 00000554); 26 Nov 2020, ♂ 2 ♀ (USNM — ICAMF 00000580); 10 Dec 2020, 4 ♂ 5 ♀ (ICAMF 00000623); 24 Dec 2020, 6 ♂ 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000624); 17 Jun 2021, ♀ (ICAMF 00000339); 1 Jul 2021, ♀ (ICAMF 00000645); 15 Jul 2021, ♀ (ICAMF 00000646). Cundinamarca: Albán, vereda la Maria, diagonal al palacio de las golosinas casa verde, 4.8801 ° N 74.4376 ° W, 2268 m, McPhail trap 2, 27 Jun 2017, 1 ♂ (ICAMF 00000506). El Colegio, Predio Boyacá, 4.5500 ° N 74.4875 ° W, 861 m, reared from fruits of Aegiphila integrifolia collected 3 Jan 2019, adults emerged 15 – 23 Jan 2019, P. A. Rodriguez, 2 ♂ 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000556). Pacho, predio La Pradera, 5.1126 ° N 74.1085 ° W, 2465 m, McPhail trap 8, 30 Sep 2015, ♂ (ICAMF 00000507); same, ♀ (ICAMF 00000509); 21 Oct 2015, ♀ (ICAMF 00000511); 20 Nov 2015, 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000510).	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D64A23CFF29FF721CBBF835.taxon	description	Figs. 3, 8, 14, 16, 23 – 25	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D64A23CFF29FF721CBBF835.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Previously reported from Colombia (Cundinamarca, Santander) and Costa Rica (Cartago, Puntarenas) (Hernández-Ortiz 1999). Here it is reported from the departments of Antioquia (Santa Bárbara), Boyacá (Miraflores) and Risaralda (Pereira).	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D64A23CFF29FF721CBBF835.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology: A number of specimens from Anolaima were reared from fruits of Aegiphila alba Moldenke (Lamiaceae) locally known as “ árbol tabaquillo ” (Fig. 22 – 23). The larvae feed inside the seeds (Figs. 24 – 25) and it is the first report of a host plant for this species. Specimens examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Santa Bárbara, estadero Vista Hermosa, 5.8358 ° N 75.5908 ° W, 1057 m, McPhail trap 14, 12 Oct 2021, ♂ 4 ♀ (ICAMF 00000673). Boyacá: Miraflores, vereda Ruista, predio el Milagro, 5.2188 ° N 73.1803 ° W, 1559 m, McPhail trap 4, 9 Jul 2020, 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000552). Cundinamarca: Anolaima, Vereda Santo Domingo, finca Villa Mariana, 4.8017 ° N 74.4754 ° W, 1532 m, reared from fruits of Aegiphila alba collected 18 Jan 2019, emerged 23 – 27 Feb 2019, P. A. Rodriguez, 71 ♀ (ICAMF 00000496), 82 ♂ (ICAMF 00000497), 39 larvae (ICAMF 00000498). Fusaguasugá, tienda Don José, 4.3311 ° N 74.3779 ° W, 1672 m, McPhail trap 16, 11 Oct 2015, 2 ♂ 8 ♀ (ICAMF 00000694). La Mesa, Vereda Pantanos, frente al parador del recuerdo, 4.6501 ° N 74.4278 ° W, 1266 m, McPhail trap 8, 23 Feb 2023, ♀ (ICAMF 00000674). Tena, borde de camino, 4.3886 ° N 74.2409 ° W, 1243 m, reared from fruits of Aegiphila alba collected 23 Oct 2019, emerged 1 – 12 Dec 2019, P. A. Rodriguez, 34 ♂ 25 ♀ (ICAMF 00000499); Vereda Rosario, 4.6688 ° N 74.4031 ° W, 1595 m, McPhail trap 6, 16 Nov 2021, 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000695); Parador olivera, 4.6742 ° N 74.3686 ° W, 11885 m, McPhail trap 4, 3 Oct 2023, 3 ♂ 2 ♀ (ICAMF 00000696); same, 12 Apr 2024, 3 ♀ (USNM — ICAMF 00000697). Risaralda: Pereira, Vereda Huertas sobre la vía, 4.7835 ° N 75.6958 ° W, 1410 m, McPhail trap 17, 2 Aug 2022, ♂ ♀ (ICAMF 00000677).	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
707687DB6D64A23CFF29FF721CBBF835.taxon	discussion	Comments: Examined specimens are smaller in length of mesonotum, wing (Fig. 7), oviscape and aculeus (Fig. 14) than previously reported for this species. (Table 1) indicates the ranges for these characters. Additionally, the first measurements for the aculeus tip (Fig. 16) of H. colombiana (0.11 – 0.14 mm long) (n = 104).	en	Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez (2025): New species and host plants of Hexachaeta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 5575 (3): 463-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.7
