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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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Liriomyza baptisiae
(Frost)
Material
examined.
CALIFORNIA
:
Napa
/
Lake Co.
,
McLaughlin Reserve
,
3.vii.2015
, em.
vii.2015
,
E. LoPresti
, ex
Thermopsis macrophylla
, #CSE1901,
CNC564613
(
1♀
)
.
Hosts.
Fabaceae
:
Baptisia tinctoria
(L.) R.
Br
.,
Lupinus argenteus
Pursh ssp.
argenteus
var.
laxiflorus
(Douglas ex Lindl.) Dorn
,
L. latifolius
Lindl. ex J. Agardh
,
L. pratensis
A
. Heller
,
Thermopsis
*
macrophylla
Hook. & Arn.
,
T. rhombifolia
(Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richardson
(
Spencer 1969
,
1981
;
Lonsdale 2017
). We have found similar leaf mines on
Baptisia alba
(L.) Vent.
Leaf mine.
Upper surface linear-blotch, greenish when fresh; frass in grains and strips along the sides of the linear portion, irregularly deposited in the blotch. In the mines we examined on
Thermopsis
, the blotch sometimes obliterated the linear portion, and sometimes much of the linear portion was on the lower surface.
Puparium.
Yellowish; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: AK, CA, CO, MT, PA, WA;
Canada
: AB, BC, MB, SK. The record of MO (
Lonsdale 2017
) is erroneous; MT was intended. We have found probable mines of
Liriomyza baptisiae
on
Baptisia
spp. in IA, MA, and WI.
Comments.
Liriomyza baptisiae
is the only Nearctic agromyzid known to feed on
Thermopsis
, now having been reared from this host in
Alberta
and
California
. On
Thermopsis
in
Colorado
we have found similar linearblotch mines produced by solitary larvae, as well as a single example of a puffy primary blotch mine, ultimately occupying nearly the entire leaflet, produced by five larvae feeding together. The latter mine had fine, granular frass scattered throughout. The puparia were yellow as with
L. baptisiae
, suggesting another
Liriomyza
species, but we were unable to rear adults.