New species and host plant records for Neotropical Rhagoletis Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Rhagoletis antioquiensis Rodriguez & Norrbom, a new species of fruit fly in the striatella species group of Rhagoletis Loew, is described and illustrated. New distribution records are reported for two other species of the striatella group: R. nicaraguensis Hernandez-Ortiz & Frias, 2000 is reported from Costa Rica, and R. solanophaga Hernandez-Ortiz & Frias, 2000 from Bolivia. A lectotype is designated for Urophora scutellaris Macquart, 1851 (= R. macquartii (Loew)). New host plant relationships for three species of Rhagoletis, all reared from fruits, are reported: Acnistus arborescens (L.) Schrtdl. and Witheringia solanacea L'Her for R. jamaicensis Foote, 1981 from Colombia; Lycianthes pseudolycioides (Chod. & Hassl.) Bitter for R. solanophaga from Bolivia; and Solanum pseudocapsicum L., Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. andigenum (Juz. & Burkasov) Hawkes, Solanum interandinum Bitter from Colombia and Solanum americanum Mill. in Peru for undetermined species of the psalida group. The key to species of the striatella group of Hernandez-Ortiz & Frias (2000) is modified to include R. antioquiensis.

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This paper describes a new species of fruit fly within the striatella species group of Rhagoletis Loew and reports new distribution records for two other species. It also designates a lectotype for a previously described species and reports new host plant relationships for three Rhagoletis species. Additionally, the key to species within the striatella group is modified to include the newly described species R. antioquiensis.