Anastrepha relicta Hernández-Ortiz

Norrbom, Allen L., Castillo-Meza, Ana Lucía, García-Chávez, Juan Héctor, Aluja, Martín & Rull, Juan, 2014, A new species of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Euphorbia tehuacana (Euphorbiaceae) in Mexico, Zootaxa 3780 (3), pp. 567-576 : 575

Anastrepha relicta Hernández-Ortiz

Anastrepha relicta Hernández-Ortiz 2004: 761 .

Additional description. Setae black.

Thorax: Mesonotum 3.01 (holotype)–3.13 (paratype) mm long; with following setae well developed: 1 postpronotal, 1 presutural supra-alar, 1 postsutural supra-alar, 2 notopleural, 1 postalar, 1 intra-alar, 1 acrostichal, 1 dosrocentral, and 2 scutellar.

Wing: Hyaline areas between S-band and V-band in cells r4+5, dm and cu1 entirely microtrichose.

Male terminalia: Phallus 3.10 mm long, 1.03 times as long as mesonotum.

Female terminalia: Oviscape 3.10 mm long, 0.99 times as long as mesonotum; entirely orange; setulae on apical fourth more dense. Eversible membrane with 15–16 moderately developed hooklike dorsobasal denticles in a row.

Distribution. Anastrepha relicta is known only from the type locality in Mexico (Morelos).

Biology. The host plant and other aspects of the biology of this species are unknown.

Type data. Holotype ♂ and paratype ♀ ( IEXA), MEXICO: Morelos: Tetela del Volcán, 30 Apr 1997, McPhail trap.

Comments. The above descriptive information was kindly provided by Vicente Hernández-Ortiz based on a reexamination of the holotype male and paratype female.