Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart)

Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, Miret, Luz Maria, Norrbom, Allen L., Garay, Liz Carolina, Coronel, Blanca E. & Peñaranda, Emilio Arévalo, 2020, New records of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Paraguay, Zootaxa 4809 (1), pp. 141-155 : 144

Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart)

Figs. 12 , 13 , 32

Distribution: This widespread species is distributed from northern Argentina to northern Mexico, with occasional trapping records in southern Texas, USA ( Norrbom 2004a). Although it has been assumed to be present in Paraguay due to its wide distribution, it is here first officially reported for this country.

Specimens examined: PARAGUAY: Boquerón: Filadelfia , -22.339481 -59.981745, 136 m, McPhail trap, 26 Jun 2019, 1♀ ( ICAMF00000465 ) . Central: San Lorenzo , -25.34394 -57.50640, 135 m, McPhail trap, 26 Jul 2019, 1♀ ( ICAMF00000466 ) . Cordillera: Caacupé , -25.407540 -57.160150, 208 m, McPhail trap, 06 Feb 2018, 4♀ ( ICAMF00000351 ) ; -25.388242 -57.183119, 241 m, McPhail trap, 7 Mar 2018, 63♂ 26♀ ( ICAMF00000352 ) ; same, 24 Sep 2018, 1♂ 4♀ ( ICAMF00000353 ) . Concepción: Concepción , -23.373759 -57.39124, 103 m, McPhail trap, 09 Apr 2019, 1♀ ( ICAMF00000467 ) . Ñeembucú: Pilar , -26.87010 -58.29078, 58 m, McPhail trap, 08 May 2018, 1♀ ( ICAMF00000468 ) .

Comments: The examined specimens are the first records of this species from Paraguay (see Discussion).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Wings: 1, A. alveatoides (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000445); 2, A. australis male (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000447); 3, A. barbiellinii (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000338); 4, A. daciformis (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000451); 5–7 A. dissimilis (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000457, ICAMF00000454, ICAMF00000458); 8, A. distincta (Paraguay: Misiones, ICAMF00000345); 9, A. fraterculus (Paraguay: Itapúa, ICAMF00000348); 10, A. grandis (Paraguay: Ñeembucú, ICAMF00000464); 11, A. montei (Paraguay: Itapúa, ICAMF00000349); 12, A. obliqua (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000352).

FIGURES 13–22. Wings: 13, A. obliqua (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000352); 14, A. pastranai (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000449); 15, A. pickeli (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000469); 16, A. pseudoparallela (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000356); 17, A. punctata (Paraguay: Ñeembucú, ICAMF00000470); 18, A. rheediae (Paraguay: Ñeembucú, ICAMF00000471); 19, A. sororcula (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000472); 20, A. striata (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000361); 21, A. undosa (Paraguay: Misiones, ICAMF00000364); 22, A. xanthochaeta (Paraguay: Itapúa, ICAMF00000477).

FIGURES 31–34. Aculeus tips: 31, A. montei (Paraguay: Itapúa, ICAMF00000349); 32, A. obliqua (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000352); 33, A. pastranai (Paraguay: Boquerón, ICAMF00000449); 34, A. pickeli (Paraguay: Cordillera, ICAMF00000469).