Anastrepha tumida
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 tumida
Visual Description
Anastrepha tumida is a species of fruit fly. Based on museum specimen images from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits characteristic tephritid morphology, including a distinct, patterned wing venation typical of the genus Anastrepha[1]. The body shows the robust, often yellowish-brown coloration common to many members of the genus. Due to the nature of the preserved specimens, finer diagnostic structures such as the specific aculeus shape or detailed setal patterns are not clearly resolved in these images[1].
Ecology and Distribution
Anastrepha tumida Stone, 1942, is a rare species of fruit fly within the genus Anastrepha whose phylogenetic relationships remain unknown[2].
The species is associated with humid ecosystems, specifically tropical rainforests[2]. It is considered a rare species in Mexican collections, and its distribution is potentially threatened by the deforestation of tropical forests, which may lead to the reduction of its range or local disappearance if its host plants are lost[2].
In Mexico, A. tumida has been recorded in the states of Chiapas (Chajul reserve, Montes Azules) and Oaxaca (Los Chimalapas)[2]. Its presence in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Los Chimalapas) extends its known distribution range approximately 400 kilometers westward[2]. Beyond Mexico, the species has a continental distribution that includes Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru[2].
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Anastrepha / tumida constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Enrique Antonio-Hernández; María de Jesús García-Ramírez; Diana Fong-Lara. NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS ANASTREPHA SCHINER, 1868 (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) IN THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC, OAXACA, MEXICO. BIOCYT Biología Ciencia y Tecnología. 2018. https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20072082.2018.11.67517.