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 text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-28 4624 2 151 182 journal article 26369 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1 fbe3031c-52b8-406a-8095-82cb9e53add0 1175-5326 3259200 A0A2E6C2-6456-4F99-A3CE-1958A271E1A4 Melanagromyza compositoides Spencer, 1963 Figures 3–4 Melanagromyza compositoides Spencer, 1963: 310 ; Sasakawa, 1992d: 4 ; Etienne & Martinez, 2003: 10 . Melanagromyza querula, Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 163 . Syn. Spencer, 1973b: 14 . Diagnosis. Wing length 2 mm . Arista conspicuously pilose. Mesonotum greenish-black; calypter whitish, fringe white. Aedeagus (Fig. 3 and 4): basiphallus elliptic, slightly sclerotized; distiphallus enlarged until medial point, covered with many tubercles and forming a sclerotized process at apex; hypandrium with apodeme. Host-plants. Asteraceae— Ageratum conyzoides L., Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk, Melanthera nivea (L.) Small., Rolandra fruticosa (L.) Kuntze. Distribution. * Brazil , Dominican Republic , Guadeloupe , Jamaica , Peru , Trinidad and Tobago , Venezuela . Material examined. Brazil , Pará state , Belém : Universidade Federal do Pará ( UFPA ), 1º28′24.2″S , 48º27′30.5″W , 04-IX-2015 , N. Monteiro [collector], ex stems of Eclipta alba ( 2 ♂ ); same location, 04-IX-2015 , N. Monteiro [collector], ex stems of Eclipta alba ( 6 ♀ ) . Comments. Despite the conspicuously pilose arista, M. compositoides can only be satisfactorily differentiated from the other species of this genus based on the analysis of male genitalia, which is characteristical of this species ( Spencer & Stegmaier 1973 ).