New records of (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Colombia, with discussion on the morphological variations of some species.

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Museo Entomológico UNAB, Grupo Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía SIA. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá..

Published: June 2017

Rhagoletis jamaicensis Foote, 1981 and an undetermined species of the psalida group, are recorded for the first time in Colombia. The morphological variations of the Colombian specimens of these species and of other species closely related are discussed.

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