Thirteen new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States, with new host and distribution records for 32 additional species
Author
Eiseman, Charles S.
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
0000-0001-7034-3330
onsdale@agr.gc.ca
Author
Linden, John Van Der
0000-0003-2651-0634
johnbvdl@gmail.com
Author
Feldman, Tracy S.
0000-0001-5939-6810
feldmants@sa.edu
Author
Palmer, Michael W.
0000-0003-1452-2152
mike.palmer@okstate.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-17
4931
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journal article
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Liriomyza arctii
Spencer
Material examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Hampshire
Co.,
Northampton
,
42.318438
,
-72.643259
,
1.vi.2018
, em.
19–21.vi.2018
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Silphium perfoliatum
, #
CSE4637
,
CNC1144085–1144088
(3♁
1♀
)
.
Hosts.
Asteraceae
:
Arctium lappa
L.,
A. minus
(Hill) Bernh.
,
Bidens cernua
L.,
Heliopsis helianthoides
(L.) Sweet, *
Silphium perfoliatum
L.,
Verbesina alternifolia
(L.) Britton ex Kearney (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Leaf mine.
Greenish, entirely linear; on
Heliopsis
and
Verbesina
, frass is diffuse throughout, whereas on the oth- er hosts, there are more or less distinct, black, alternating strips in the later portion (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Puparium.
Yellow to brown (dark brown according to
Spencer 1969
), formed outside the mine.
Phenology and voltinism.
This species is multivoltine in the northeastern
USA
. We have collected larvae in early June, mid-July, early August, and late September, with adults emerging in 12–23 days in all cases except the last, when the pupae overwintered (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Distribution.
Distribution.
USA
: CT, MA, MN, NY, OH, WI;
Canada
: ON (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Comments.
This is the second
Liriomyza
species to be reared from
Silphium
, after
L. ivorcutleri
Eiseman & Lonsdale
, which is known from a single
Iowa
specimen (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).