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Cryptodacus tau Foote

Description

Cryptodacus tau (Foote)

Figs. 2, 3, 17, 29, 30

Specimens examined. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Río Naranjo, 3 km SE [10°40'N 85°4'W], 22–30 Mar 1992, F. D. Parker, 1Ψ (USU USNMENT00216547). MEXICO: Jalisco: Careyes, 12 Feb–19 Mar 1997, F. D. Parker, 1Ψ (USNM USNMENT00213633).

Comments. This species previously has been reported from Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Morelos) and Guatemala (Foote 1978, Norrbom 1994). The examined specimens include the first specimen known from Costa Rica along with an additional record from Mexico (Jalisco).

Other

Published as part of Norrbom, Allen L. & Korytkowski, Cheslavo A., 2008, New Cryptodacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Panama, with a key to the known species, pp. 31-43 in Zootaxa 1773 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182184

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Cryptodacus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Foote
Species
tau
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Foote, R. H. (1978) New genera and species of neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera). Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, 68, 27 - 32.
  • Norrbom, A. L. (1994) New species and phylogenetic analysis of Cryptodacus, Haywardina, and Rhagoletotrypeta (Diptera: Tephritidae). Insecta Mundi, 8, 37 - 65.