Anastrepha miza Norrbom & Korytkowski 2009, new species
Creators: name: Norrbom, Allen L.
name: Korytkowski, Cheslavo A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Anastrepha
Anastrepha miza

description: Anastrepha miza, new species   
Figs. 44, 79, 125, 153  
 Diagnosis. This species is very similar to A. rojasi and especially A. binodosa, which have very similar aculeus tips with two pairs of ridges that project in ventral view as small lateral protuberances. In the key of Steyskal (1977) it runs to A. binodosa. It differs from A. rojasi in having orange to red brown setae (dark red brown to black in rojasi) and the hyaline area in cell br large, 1.0–1.5 times as long as the distal colored area of the cell (0.33–0.64 times as long in rojasi), and from both species in terminalia length (oviscape 2.65–2.84 mm long, 0.90–0.93 times as long as mesonotum, aculeus 2.01–2.17 mm long vs. 2.9–3.45 mm long, 0.73–0.86 times mesonotum length, and 2.6–3.0 mm in A. rojasi and 4.79–5.70 mm long, 1.10–1.36 times mesonotum length, and 4.28–5.00 mm in A. binodosa).   
 Description. Mostly yellow to orange, with white to pale yellow markings. Setae orange to red brown.   
Head: Yellow to orange except brown ocellar tubercle. 2–3 frontal setae; 2 orbital setae, posterior seta well developed. Ocellar seta weak, 1.0–1.5 times as long as ocellar tubercle. Facial carina, in profile, straight dorsally and medially. Antenna extended 0.6–0.8 distance to ventral facial margin.  
Thorax: Mostly orange with following areas white or pale yellow (poorly differentiated in the dried specimens examined): postpronotal lobe; paired sublateral scutal vitta from transverse suture to posterior margin, including intra-alar seta; entire scutellum; dorsal margin of anepisternum; katepimeron; and most of anatergite and katatergite. Scutum orange medially, without pale vitta; posterior margin sometimes with broad slightly darker orange band, with straight anterior margin, not extended beyond acrostichal seta, and ending laterally at sublateral white vitta, not extended to intra-alar seta. Subscutellum and mediotergite entirely orange. Mesonotum 3.43–3.90 mm long. Scutum entirely microtrichose; setulae yellow to orange. Katepisternal seta undifferentiated or small, weak, and yellowish.  
 Wing (Fig. 44): Length 8.3–9.3 mm, width 3.5–3.94 mm, ratio 2.36–2.57. Apex of vein R 1 at 0.57–0.59 wing length. Cell c 0.97–1.03 times as long as pterostigma; pterostigma 3.7–4.3 times as long as wide. Vein R 2+3 without sharp bends or undulations. Crossvein r-m at 0.65–0.69 distance from bm-cu to dm-cu on vein M. Vein M slightly curved apically; cell r 4+5 0.93–1.02 times as wide at apex as at level of dm-cu. Cell bcu with distal lobe moderately long, length of bcu 1.55–1.89 times as long as anterior margin. Wing pattern mostly orange. C-band with cells bc and c mostly yellowish, cell c posteriorly sometimes with elongate subhyaline area; pterostigma pale brown, except posterobasal corner, and portions of distal and posterior margins of band in cells br, r 1 and r 2+3 narrowly pale brown. C-band and S-band broadly connected along vein R 4+5; hyaline area in cell br large, reaching vein R 4+5, more elongate anteriorly, 0.9–1.2 times as long as distal colored area of cell; cell dm with basal hyaline area moderate sized. S-band with margins narrowly pale brown, except proximal margin in cell dm orange, posterior margin of basal part broadly pale brown in cells dm and especially cu 1 and with small incision in cell cu 1; distal section relatively broad, at apex of vein R 2+3 0.63–0.77 times width of cell r 2+3, even in width or slightly broadening in cell r 2+3, well separated from apex of vein M; hyaline area proximal to it ending at vein R 2+3 or extending slightly into cell r 1. Hyaline basomarginal spot in cell r 1 subtriangular, often with blunt apex, extended to vein R 4+5, its apex aligned proximal to crossvein r-m. V-band complete, mostly pale brown, proximal arm with medial orange area from connection with S-band to anterior 0.75 to entire length of dm-cu; broadly connected to S-band in cell r 2+3; proximal arm moderately broad, gradually and slightly broadening posteriorly to vein Cu 1, and with broad basal entension along wing margin, at level of vein M 1.6–1.8 times as wide as distal arm, 0.9–1.0 times as wide as hyaline area proximal to it in cells r 4+5 and dm; distal arm slender.   
Abdomen: Mostly orange, without brown markings.  
 Male terminalia: Similar to A. rojasi (Figs. 209–210). Lateral surstylus very short, extended beyond prensisetae by 0.5 times length of prensiseta; in lateral view tapered to very slightly posteriorly curved, acute apex; in posterior view gradually tapered to blunt apex, ventrolateral margin less produced than in A. rojasi. Proctiger with ventral and lateral sclerotized areas connected but lateral areas separate dorsally. Phallus 4.0 mm long, 1.17 times as long as mesonotum; glans 0.52 mm long.   
Female terminalia: Oviscape 2.65–2.84 mm long, 0.90–0.93 times as long as mesonotum; entirely orange; spiracle at basal 0.32–0.39. Eversible membrane (Fig. 79) with 50–60 long slender hooklike dorsobasal scales in 3–4 irregular transverse rows separated from minute basal denticles by several rows of weakly sclerotized to membranous smaller thin more widely spaced scales. Aculeus (Fig. 125) straight to slightly ventrally curved in lateral view, 2.01–2.17 mm long; in ventral view base expanded, 0.22–0.24 mm wide; shaft ca. 0.07 mm wide at midlength; tip (Fig. 153) 0.38–0.39 mm long, 0.07–0.075 mm wide, 5.07–5.57 times as long as wide, 0.03 mm wide in lateral view, 0.40–0.43 times ventral width, in ventral view with 2 pairs of small lateral protuberances, 1 subbasal, the other near distal fourth, both continuing on dorsal side as weak ridges; parallelsided until distal protuberances then slightly expanded and gradually tapered to blunt apex, distal 0.26–0.29 very finely serrate, sides of serrate part slightly convex. Spermathecae spherical.  
 Distribution. Anastrepha miza is known only from southeastern Venezuela (Bolívar).   
 Biology. The host plants and other aspects of the biology of this species other than date of capture of adults are unknown.   
 Type Data. Holotype female (IZAM USNMENT000214908), VENEZUELA: Bolívar: Alto Caura, Cuchime, 12 Apr 1963, Exp. "La Salle". Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1♂ 1♀ (IZAM USNMENT000214909-10), 1♀ (USNM USNMENT000214907).   
 Etymology. The name is a noun in apposition formed from an arbitrary combination of letters referring to a common acronym for the institution in which the type series was preserved. It is dedicated to the many scientists and collectors who built that superb collection.
description: Published as part of Norrbom, Allen L. & Korytkowski, Cheslavo A., 2009, A revision of the Anastrepha robusta species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) 2182, pp. 1-91 in Zootaxa 2182 (1) on pages 35-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2182.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316544