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
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1175-5326
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Calycomyza verbenae
(
Hering, 1951
)
Dizygomyza verbenae
Hering, 1951: 42
.
Phytobia
(
Calycomyza
)
verbenae
,
Frick, 1956: 300
;
Spencer, 1963: 349
.
Calycomyza verbenae
,
Esposito, 1994: 116
.
Diagnosis.
Wing length
1.8 mm
. Fronto-orbital predominantly yellowish, brown to upper fronto-orbital seta; face black; pedicel brown; legs brown; calypter greyish with margin black, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig. 70a and 70b in Spener 1963): basiphallus slightly sclerotized, with two extensions distally; mesophallus slightly elongated, about 1.5 times the length of distiphallus, enlarged basally and with distal end bent ventrally in lateral view; distiphallus short, forming two short tubules covered by a pair of plates.
Host-plants.
Verbenaceae—
Glandularia bipinnatifida
(Nutt.)
,
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
(Rich.) Vahl
,
Verbena brasiliensis
Vell.
,
Verbena neomexicana
(A. Gray) Small
,
Verbena urticifolia
L.
Distribution.
Brazil
,
USA
.
Material
examined.
Brazil
,
Pará state
,
Salvaterra
:
0º47′03.8″S
,
48º38′08.8″W
,
23-II-93
,
M.C. Esposito
[col- lector], ex leaf of
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
(
2 ♂
)
.
Comments.
This species is similar to
Calycomyza
durante
Spencer,
C. bahamarum
, and
C. lantanae
, and is differentiated from the latter two primarily by the black face, the coloration of the calypter fringe, the coloration of fronto-orbital, and the male genitalia.
Calycomyza verbenae
and
Calycomyza lantanae
are morphologically similar, distinguished primarily by the aedeagus.
Calycomyza lantanae
presents a mesophallus sliglithly longer than
C. verbenae
(twice the length of distiphallus), the tubulues of distiphallus completely covered by a plate (not covered basal and distally in
C. verbenae
). Larvae are miners of
Verbenaceae
, forming blotches on the surface of the leaf.