Manual of North American Agromyzidae (Diptera, Schizophora), with revision of the fauna of the " Delmarva " states
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada
neoxabea@hotmail.com
text
ZooKeys
2021
2021-07-29
1051
1
481
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1051.64603
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1051.64603
1313-2970-1051-1
639E252D43924ABB910BCEA5D8AD2487
BE8CC6847F645F61BB2F7A6BCF96FD64
Ophiomyia capitolia
sp. nov.
Figs 332-336
Description.
Wing length 1.7 mm (♂). Female unknown. Length of ultimate section of vein M4 divided by penultimate section: 0.8. Eye height divided by gena height: 6.2. Eye slightly angled diagonally. Facial carina stout, slightly more narrow than stout bulb. Gena shallowly produced, projecting at 60° angle with margins straight. Clypeus narrow and truncated. Buccal cavity narrowed anteriorly with anterior margin straight. Distance between crossveins more than length of dm-m. Ocellar triangle and fronto-orbital plate (narrow) subshiny and ill-defined.
Chaetotaxy
: Male with vibrissal fasciculus ~ 1/2 length of gena. Two ori; two ors. Mid tibia with one posteromedial seta.
Colouration
: Body, including halter dark brown. Wing veins brown. Calypter margin and hairs brown.
Genitalia
: (Figs
332-336
) Metepiphallus small, pale and with one pair of ventromedial spines. Epiphallic lobes clear with dark floating sclerite. Halves of basiphallus broadly fused at base with remainder of left sclerite absent; right sclerite relatively short and truncated with long distoventral process reaching venter. Mesophallus continuing distally as thick ridge that bifurcates apically; distiphallus pale and globular with inner surface minutely spinulose. Ejaculatory apodeme with long dark stalk and several annulations on striated blade; sperm pump with weak sclerotisation.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
USA
: DC.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the fact that the type was collected in the United States capitol.
Type material.
Holotype
: USA. DC
: Washington, 17.viii.1913, A.L. Melander (1♂, USNM).
Comments.
Ophiomyia capitolia
is one of the smaller Delmarva
Ophiomyia
with a male wing length of 1.7 mm. This species also has a distinct genal process, a long fasciculus and a relatively distinct wrinkle under the eye within the cheek. Only examination of the male genitalia can provide reliable identification of this species (see key).