New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species
Author
Eiseman, Charles S.
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-14
4479
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Cerodontha (Poemyza) incisa
(Meigen)
(
Figs. 28
,
131
)
Material examined. IOWA:
Howard Co., Hayden Prairie State Preserve,
15.vii.2015
, em.
30.vii.2015
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
?
Phalaris
, #CSE1910, CNC564724 (1♀).
MASSACHUSETTS:
Franklin Co., Northfield, 263 Capt. Beers Plain Rd.,
11.vii.2012
, em. by
27.vii.2012
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Phalaris arundinacea
, #CSE4, CNC358500 (1♀); 276 Old Wendell Rd.,
2.viii.2014
, em.
11.viii.2014
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Phleum pratense
, #CSE1302, CNC384827–384829 (1♂ 2♀); Plymouth Co., West Bridgewater, 41.991852, -71.033550,
7.viii.2013
, em.
17.viii.2013
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Cinna arundinacea
, #CSE816, CNC392642 (1♀); Bridgewater,
16.viii.2013
, em.
18–29.viii.2013
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Cinna arundinacea
, #CSE826, CNC384722–384724 (2♂ 1♀); Worcester Co., Phillipston, along Burnshirt River (42.52149046, -72.09219652),
4.vii.2017
, em.
15.vii.2017
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Calamagrostis canadensis
, #CSE3955, CNC939733 (1♂);
NEW YORK:
Columbia Co., Ghent,
17.vii.2015
, em.
3.viii.2015
, C. Vispo, ex
Phalaris arundinacea
, #CSE2172, CNC654350 (1♂);
NORTH CAROLINA:
Durham Co., Durham,
28.v.2015
., em. by.
3.vi.2015
, T.S. Feldman, ex
Poaceae
, #CSE1585, CNC564649 (1♂); Pelham Road,
27.vii.2017
, em. summer 2017, T.S. Feldman, ex
Poaceae
, #CSE4346, CNC939824–939825 (2♀);
OKLAHOMA:
Payne Co., Mehan, 36.014339° N, -96.996744° W,
2.vi.2017
, em.
21.vi.2017
, M.W. Palmer, ex
Elymus canadensis
, #CSE3935, CNC939907 (1♀).
Tentatively identified material.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Nantucket Co., Nantucket, Squam Swamp,
27.vii.2017
, em. by
22.viii.2017
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Juncus tenuis
, #CSE4157,
CNC
939650 (
1♀
).
Hosts.
Poaceae
:
Agrostis
“
alba
L.” [=
stolonifera
L.?],
Bromus tectorum
L.,
Calamagrostis
*
canadensis
(Michx.) P. Beauv.
, *
Cinna arundinacea
L.,
Elymus
*
canadensis
L.
,
E. glaucus
Buckley
,
E. repens
(L.) Gould,
Hordeum vulgare
L.,
Pascopyrum smithii
(Rydb.)
Á
. Löve
,
Phalaris arundinacea
L.,
Phleum pratense
L.,
Setaria pumila
(Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
,
Triticum aestivum
L.,
Zea mays
L.,
Zizania aquatica
L. (
Frick 1959
;
Spencer 1969
). Since
Juncus tenuis
Willd. (Juncaceae)
would represent a new host family for
Cerodontha incisa
, we have chosen not to list it among the confirmed hosts until males can be reared from this plant.
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 131
)
A
whitish, sometimes inflated, upper surface blotch, with up to four larvae feeding together. Frass is in scattered black grains.
Puparium.
(
Fig. 28
) Elongate, black, iridescent; formed within the mine.
Distribution.
Widespread in the northern half of the
US
and in
Canada
, south at least to OK and NC; Europe;
Pakistan
;
Japan
(Nowakowski, 1973).