Exceptional larval morphology of nine species of the Anastrepha mucronota species group (Diptera, Tephritidae) Author Rodriguez, Erick J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-0863 Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA erick.rodriguez@ufl.edu Author Steck, Gary J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-0560 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS / DPI), Gainesville, FL, USA Author Moore, Matthew R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-3690 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS / DPI), Gainesville, FL, USA Author Norrbom, Allen L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-089X Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c / o Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA Author Diaz, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7013-2349 Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Author Somma, Louis A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-0997 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS / DPI), Gainesville, FL, USA Author Ruiz-Arce, Raul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-0218 USDA APHIS PPQ S and T Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, 22675 N. Moorefield Road, Edinburg, TX 78541, USA Author Sutton, Bruce D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-3778 Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, USNM, Gainesville, FL, USA Author Nolazco, Norma Centro de Diagnostico de Sanidad Vegetal, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria, Av. La Molina 1915, La Molina, Peru Author Muller, Alies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4782-3536 (retired) Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Paramaribo, Suriname Author Branham, Marc A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-4503 Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA text ZooKeys 2022 2022-11-03 1127 155 215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1127.84628 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1127.84628 1313-2970-1127-155 8A484FF467F140E2BB0BBE756CF0883A 5E797D2798B25C2EBD6A6596A3CB817F

Table 3. Diagnostic characters of the thoracic and abdominal segments of species within the Anastrepha mucronota group.

Species	Prothoracic spiracle		Dorsal spinule pattern
	No. of tubules	Apical width (mm)	Thoracic segment	Abdominal segment
			No. of rows	No. of rows
(?) Unknown data from previous studies.
A. aphelocentema	24-27	0.35-0.36	T1 5-7; T2 4-5; T3 absent	Absent on A1-A8
A. caballeroi	17-21	0.28-0.33	T1 3; T2 3; T3 absent	Absent on A1-A8
A. crebra	16-21	0.22-0.24	T1 9-11; T2 3-5; T3 1-2	Absent on A1-A8
A. haplacantha	20-24	0.32-0.35	T1 5-7; T2 3-4; T3 1	Absent on A1-A8
A. korytkowskii	12-18	0.19-0.24	T1 6-7; T2 2-5; T3 absent	Absent on A1-A8
A. mucronota	20-22	?	Present on T2-T3 with minute spinules	?
A. nolazcoae	18-21	0.26-0.34	T1 3-5; T2 3-5; T3 1-2	Absent on A1-A8
Anastrepha sp. Peru-82	23-29	0.28-0.35	T1 2; T2 5-6; T3 2-3	A1 3; absent on A2-A8
Anastrepha sp. nr. protuberans	22-30	0.41-0.44	T1 3; T2 4-5; T3 4	A1 2; absent on A2-A8
Anastrepha sp. Sur-16	12-17	0.23-0.28	T1 5; T2 3; T3 absent	Absent on A1-A8