Anastrepha fraterculus

TaxID: 95504

Basic Information

Anastrepha fraterculus

South American Fruit Fly

Anastrepha fraterculus, known as the South American fruit fly, is a fruit fly species from the genus Anastrepha. A. fraterculus is a polyphagous, frugivorous fly that is a significant pest of commercial fruit production in South America.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Tephritidae

Anastrepha

fraterculus

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

Adults exhibit the typical Anastrepha wing pattern: S-band complete or at most interrupted at crossvein r-m, C-band and at least proximal arm of V-band present; V-band proximal arm as dark as apical half of S-band, usually not connected anteriorly to S-band; V-band distal arm complete. Frons without brown markings except ocellar tubercle; mesonotum with three pale postsutural vittae; scutellum entirely yellow; subscutellum entirely yellow to orange, or yellow to red-brown medially and dark brown laterally. Aculeus length 1.4–2.06 mm; tip length 0.2–0.3 mm; tip width 0.12–0.15 mm; lateral margins of aculeus tip not curved dorsally.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
Citation:

Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (154 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (70 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Albania Absent —
Argentina Present 2019
Austria Absent 2019
Belgium Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Bhutan Quarantine pests —
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Switzerland A1 list 2019
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Distribution (26 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

22
Present
4
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Chile Absent —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Ecuador Present —
Guatemala Present —
French Guiana Present —
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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_037575645.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_037575425.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_037575425.1 Contig 849 146 146 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR32195179 head adult male 21383792 Argentina: Buenos Aires
SRR32195178 head adult male 24232438 Argentina: Buenos Aires
SRR32195177 head adult male 23978586 Argentina: Buenos Aires

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature