Anastrepha distincta
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Anastrepha
- Species: Anastrepha distincta
Visual Description
Based on observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Anastrepha distincta exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Anastrepha.[1] The specimens display a distinct, patterned wing venation typical of tephritid fruit flies, with brownish-yellow bands forming a characteristic pattern across the wing membrane. The body is generally yellowish-brown, with darker markings on the thorax and abdomen. The head features prominent compound eyes and characteristic tephritid antennae.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Anastrepha distincta (Greene) is a tephritid fruit fly species primarily associated with fruits of the genus Inga (Fabaceae) under natural conditions. It is currently considered to be of little economic importance.[2]
Laboratory studies have demonstrated that A. distincta is capable of infesting and successfully developing in mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruits, specifically the "coche" and "Ataulfo" cultivars. Demographic analyses indicate that while females reared on mango exhibit higher gross and net fecundity, those reared on their natural host, Inga spuria, demonstrate greater longevity and a higher number of ovarioles. The intrinsic rate of increase was found to be higher for populations developed on mango. The absence of A. distincta infestation in mango under natural conditions is likely not due to physiological incompatibility, but rather to factors such as a lack of long-range host recognition, interspecific competition with other fruit fly species (e.g., A. ludens, A. obliqua), or physical fruit defenses.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Anastrepha / distincta constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Azucena Oropeza-Cabrera; Pablo Liedo; Emilio Hernández⋆; Jorge Toledo. Demografía y desarrollo ovárico de Anastrepha distincta (Diptera: Tephritidae) en su hospedero natural Inga spuria (Fabaceae) y en mango (Mangifera indica L.) infestado en condiciones de laboratorio. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ). 2015. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2015.312535.