Anastrepha pseudanomala Norrbom
Creators: name: Norrbom, Allen L.
name: Korytkowski, Cheslavo A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Anastrepha
Anastrepha pseudanomala

description: Anastrepha pseudanomala Norrbom
Figs. 13, 23
Anastrepha pseudanomala Norrbom 2002: 415 [description; wing, eversible membrane, aculeus tip; Costa Rica, Panamá]; Korytkowski 2004: 22 [in list], 53 [in key].
Partial description. Wing (Fig. 13): Length 7.70 mm, width 3.06 mm, ratio 2.52. Apex of vein R1 at 0.55 wing length. Cell c 1.21 times as long as pterostigma; pterostigma 3.82 times as long as wide. Vein R2+3 without sharp bends or undulations. Crossvein r-m at 0.70 distance from bm-cu to dm-cu on vein M. Vein M strongly curved apically; cell r4+5 0.76 times as wide at apex as at level of dm-cu. Cell bcu with distal lobe moderately long, length of bcu 1.64 times as long as anterior margin. Wing pattern mostly dark brown and orange. C-band dark brown on anterior margin, more broadly in pterostigma, posterior margin including all of area in cell br, and on distal margin, orange medially, fading to subhyaline in cells bc and c. C-band and S-band broadly connected along vein R4+5; marginal hyaline area distal to apex of vein R1 subtriangular, constricted along vein R2+3, extended almost to vein R4+5, its apex aligned with crossvein r-m. Hyaline area in cell br narrow and elongate, well separated from vein R4+5 and 1.3–1.8 times as long as distal colored area of cell; cell dm with basal hyaline area relatively small. Basal half of Sband broad, mostly dark brown, orange in posterior half of cell br except proximal margin and in cell dm except distal margin, posterior margin with moderate sized incision in cell cu1; distal section of band dark brown, narrow, at apex of vein R2+3 0.45 times width of cell r2+3, even in width, well separated from apex of vein M; hyaline area proximal to apex of band ending at vein R2+3.V-band incomplete, proximal arm relatively slender, dark brown, fading in anterior half of cell r4+5, extending to vein R4+5 but well separated from S-band, on posterior margin with long proximal extension almost to vein A1+Cu2; distal arm absent.
Female terminalia: Oviscape 4.30 mm long, 1.24 times as long as mesonotum, mostly dark orange, ventral third yellow; spiracle at basal 0.33. Eversible membrane (Fig. 23) with ca. 30 moderately stout, hooklike dorsobasal scales in 3–4 irregular rows in triangular pattern. Aculeus [not dissected, but distal half extruded] slightly ventrally curved in lateral view; shaft 0.14 mm wide at midlength; tip 0.39 mm long, 0.158 mm wide, 2.47 times as long as wide, very slightly tapered (width at base of serrate part 0.14 mm) then triangular, distal 0.64 finely serrate, 0.07 mm wide in lateral view, 0.35 times ventral width. Spermathecae not dissected.
Distribution. Anastrepha pseudanomala was previously known from Costa Rica and Panamá. It was recently found in Brazil (Jesus et al., in press). It is recorded for the first time from Ecuador.
Biology. The only know host plant for A. pseudanomala is Couma utilis (Apocynaceae) in Brazil (Jesus et al., in press).
Material examined. ECUADOR: Napo: Reserva Etnica Waorani, Onkone Gare Camp, 1 km S, Transect Ent., 0°39'10"S 76°26'W, Transect 7, Station 5, 220 m, insecticidal fogging, terra firme forest, 2 Jul 1995, T. L. Erwin et al. Project MAXUS lot 1065, 1Ψ (USNM USNMENT 00054542).
Comments. This species was adequately described by Norrbom (2002). A partial description and measurements for the Ecuador female are provided here to document the variation in this species.
description: Published as part of Norrbom, Allen L. & Korytkowski, Cheslavo A., 2011, New species of and taxonomic notes on Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae), pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 2740 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204898