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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Agromyza bispinata
Spencer
(
Fig. 66
)
Material
examined.
IOWA
:
Winneshiek Co.
,
Cresco
,
Cold Water Creek Rd.
,
43°25'55.97"N
,
92° 0'34.78"W
,
16.vii.2015
, em
.
7.viii.2015
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Elymus hystrix
, #CSE1973, CNC564662 (1♂).
Host.
*
Poaceae
:
Elymus hystrix
L.
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 66
) In the single example observed, three eggs were inserted in a cluster in the basal portion of a leaf, near the middle, and the larvae mined distally, forming gradually widening tracks that eventually merged. In the young mines, black frass particles formed two rows, delineating a green central area; the margins of the mines were whitish.
Puparium.
Reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: GA, *IA, MD, NC, NY, UT, VA;
Canada
: ON.
Comments.
Spencer (1969)
reported a broad, white mine, up to three inches long, produced by an unidentified
Agromyza
species on
Elymus hystrix
in
Ontario
. Otherwise, the only previous record of an
Agromyza
species on
Elymus
is that of
A
. ambigua
Fallén
(as
A
. niveipennis
Zetterstedt
) from
E. repens
(L.) Gould (as
Agropyron repens
(L.) Beauv.) (
Frick 1959
;
Spencer & Steyskal 1986
).