Revision of the genus Euarestoides Benjamin (Diptera: Tephritidae).

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Departament of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Jardim das Américas, 81531-980-Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias 11, 13418-900; Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil..

Published: January 2019

Species of the genus Euarestoides Benjamin (Diptera: Tephritidae) are revised. Euarestoides comprises six species: E. abstersus (Loew) (Bahamas, eastern Canada and USA); E. acutangulus (Thomson) (Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad Tobago, USA, and Venezuela); E. bimaculatus Savaris Norrbom, n. sp. (Peru); E. dreisbachi Foote (Guatemala, Mexico, Peru); E. pereirai Savaris Norrbom, n. sp. (Brazil); and E. rionegrensis Savaris Norrbom, n. sp. (Colombia). A key to the known species of the genus is provided, as well as descriptions, illustrations, distributions, notes on the biology and host plant data for each species.

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