New species and records of Anastrepha Schiner (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2425.1.2
• Publication Date: 2018-12-04T05:30:48Z
• Authors: NELSON A. CANAL
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0106 biological sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Insecta; Arthropoda; Diptera; Tephritidae; Animalia; Biodiversity; 01 natural sciences; Taxonomy

Anastrepha is the most diverse and economically important genus of Tephritidae in the American tropics and many species remain undescribed. Three new species A. acuminata, A. carreroi and A. sinuosa collected from Colombia are described in this paper and six species: A.isolata, A. perdita, A. sororcula, A. montei, A. panamensis and A. lanceola are reported from Colombia for the first time. The Colombian species of Anastrepha are discussed.