New species and new records of leaf-miner flies (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from rainforest and inselberg at Mitaraka (French Guiana)
Author
Marc, Stéphanie Boucher
Author
Pollet, Marc
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, B- 1000 Brussels (Belgium) and Operational Directory Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels (Belgium)
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Zoosystema
2025
2025-01-14
47
2
13
42
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2025v47a2.pdf
journal article
10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a2
1638-9387
14670952
44C62D57-8949-492A-82C6-54EB2E52FB26
Genus
Calycomyza
Hendel, 1931
Calycomyza
Hendel, 1931: 65
.
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Agromyza artemisiae
Kaltenback, 1856
.
FIG
. 1. —
Agromyza mitarakensis
Boucher
,
n. sp.
, holotype ♂:
A
, head, lateral;
B
, head antero-lateral showing clypeus;
C
, ejaculatory apodeme;
D
, phallus, lateral view;
E
, phallus, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, 0.1 mm; C, D, E, 0.05 mm.
A B C
FIG
. 2. —
Agromyza simillima
Spencer
, holotype ♂:
A
, phallus ventral view;
B
, habitus lateral view (head missing);
C
, head. Scale bars: A, 0.05 mm; B, 0.5 mm. Photos: Nigel Wyatt.
REMARKS
Most species of
Calycomyza
are characterized externally by a yellow frons, dark antennae, yellow notopleuron, dark scutellum, pale yellowish halter and the presence of only two postsutural dc. However, exceptions exist, such as:
C. meridiana
(Hendel, 1923)
, a widespread neotropical species, with yellow third antennal segment;
C. devia
Spencer, 1973
from
Venezuela
and
Costa Rica
with a brownish frons and darker notopleural areas;
C. compositana
Spencer, 1973
,
C. illustris
Spencer, 1973
,
C. steviae
Spencer, 1973
,
C. parilis
Spencer, 1973
and
C. palmaris
Spencer, 1973
, all from
Venezuela
, have 3+ 1 dc. The latter two species also feature a brown halter. A distinctive characteristic of the genus is the male genitalia with the epandrium and surstyli having a patch of short strong spines.
Seven specimens
of
Calycomyza
were collected on the Mitaraka massif, representing four species (
Boucher & Pollet 2021
). Two of them were represented by females only (
Boucher & Pollet 2021
) and their identity could not yet be confirmed. These two species are characterized by the presence of 3+ 1 dc (two weaker anterior ones). Of the other two species, one represents
C. grenadensis
Zlobin, 1996
(morphospecies
Calycomyza
Mit-1
sensu
Boucher & Pollet 2021
), which was previously known from
Grenada
(
Zlobin 1996a
) (see below), and the other (morphospecies
Calycomyza
Mit-2
sensu
Boucher & Pollet 2021
) represents a new species, which is described below. Only one species,
Calycomyza lantanae
(Frick, 1956)
was previously recorded from
French Guiana
(
Anonymous 2018
).