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
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2
151
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journal article
26369
10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1
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Melanagromyza minima
(
Malloch, 1913
)
Agromyza minima
Malloch, 1913: 328
.
Melanagromyza minima
,
Shewell, 1953
;
Frick, 1957: 200
;
1959: 364
;
Spencer, 1963: 317
;
1981: 50
;
Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 1973
;
Spencer
et al.
, 1992: 258
.
Melanagromyza longicaudalis
,
Spencer, 1963: 316
. Syn.
Spencer, 1966: 12
.
Diagnosis.
Wing length
1.9–2 mm
. Mesonotum black, faintly greenish or bluish; abdomen greenish; females with ovipositor distinctively elongated; calypter greyish, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig.
84 in
Spencer & Stegmaier 1973
): basiphallus U-shaped, slightly sclerotized; distiphallus globose, with short process distally and with a long gap between basiphallus and distiphallus; hypandrium with apodeme.
Host-plants.
Asteraceae—
Wedelia fruticosa
Jacq.
,
Wedelia trilobata
(L.) Pruski,
Wedelia paludosa
DC.,
Chromolaena odorata
(L.) R.M. King & H. Rob.,
Bidens gardneri
Baker
,
Viguiera arenaria
Baker
,
Viguiera robusta
Gardn.
Distribution.
Antigua
,
Barbados
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Dominica
,
Dominican Republic
,
Guadeloupe
,
Guatemala
,
Guyana
,
Jamaica
,
Mexico
,
Panama
,
Peru
,
Puerto Rico
,
Saint-Martin
,
Trinidad and Tobago
,
USA
,
Venezuela
.
Material
examined.
Brazil
,
Pará state
,
Paragominas
:
Hydro Paragominas—Mina de Bauxita
,
3º14′58.4″S
,
47º44′13.6″W
,
29-XI-2017
,
N. Monteiro
[collector] (
2 ♂
)
.
Comments.
Melanagromyza minima
is related to
Melanagromyza bidens
Spencer
and
Melanagromyza minimoides
Spencer
, and it is differentiated especially by the elongated ovipositor in the female (Fig.
83 in
Spencer & Stegmaier 1973
), and by the shape of male genitalia. Larvae of this species are associated with
Asteraceae
species, mostly to plants of the genera
Wedelia
Jacq.
and
Eupatorium
L.