COLOR MORPHS IN ANASTREPHA NIGROTAENIA (ENDERLEIN), NEW COMBINATION (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) AND RESULTANT SYNONYMY

Flies of the genus Anastrepha with different color patterns that were previously recognized as four species are here reported to be color morphs of a single species, Anastrepha nigrotaenia (Enderlein), new combination, on the basis of morphological and molecular study. The names Toxotrypana australis Blanchard, Toxotrypana nigra Blanchard, Toxotrypana picciola Blanchard, Toxotrypana proseni Blanchard, and Toxotrypana pseudopicciola Blanchard are here considered new synonyms of A. nigrotaenia. Specimens reared from the same samples of fruit of Araujia sericifera Brot. (Apocynaceae) in Uruguay that comprised three species based on the previous morphological concepts were nearly all identical in COI sequences and all clustered in a single clade with other specimens of these taxa in an anchored hybrid enrichment analysis. A redescription and diagnosis for are provided for A. nigrotaenia and its host plant and distribution data are compiled and summarized.