Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil
Author
Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago
Author
Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro
Author
Esposito, Maria Cristina
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-28
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1
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Calycomyza ecliptae
Spencer, 1963
Phytobia
(
Calycomyza
)
ecliptae
Spencer, 1963: 341
,
1973b: 41
;
Martinez & Etienne, 2002: 29
.
Diagnosis.
Wing length
1.6–2.1 mm
; Fronto-orbital plate predominantly brown, only yellow in the lower half; face greyish; pedicel yellowish; legs brown, with apex of femur and base of tibia yellow on fore leg; calypter white with margin black, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig. 57a in
Spencer 1963
): mesophallus elongated, wider basally; distiphallus strongly sclerotized, forming two curved tubes fused basally.
Host-plant.
Asteraceae—
Eclipta alba
(L.) Hassk.
Distribution.
Brazil
,
Costa Rica
,
Venezuela
(
Martinez & Etienne 2002
).
Material
examined.
BRAZIL
,
Pará state
,
Belém
:
Universidade Federal
do
Pará
(
UFPA
),
1º28′25.0″S
,
48º27′20.7″W
,
10-II-2015
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex lea of
Eclipta alba
(
10 ♂
)
;
same location,
10-II-2015
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex lea of
Eclipta alba
(
12 ♂
)
;
same location,
21-V-2015
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex lea of
Eclipta alba
(
3 ♂
)
;
same location,
21-V-2015
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex leaf of
Eclipta alba
(
6 ♂
)
;
same location,
11-IV-2015
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex lea of
Eclipta alba
(
2 ♂
)
;
same location,
11-IV-2015
,
N. Monteiro
[collec- tor], ex lea of
Eclipta alba
(
2 ♀
)
.
Comments.
Calycomyza ecliptae
is similar to the other species of this genus that have the distiphallus forming a pair of strongly sclerotized tubules, such as
C. hyptidis
Spencer
and
C. verbesinae
Spencer
, and it is differentiated primarily by the shape of the distiphallus. So far, the only known host-plant of this species is
Eclipta alba
, and larvae
form irregular
blotches on the surface of its leaves.