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