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
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Calycomyza menthae
Spencer
(
Fig. 114
)
Material
examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Hampshire Co.
,
Pelham
, 88
Arnold Rd.
,
30.v.2014
, em
.
17– 30.vi.2014
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Monarda didyma
, #CSE1128,
CNC384863–384876
(
7♂
7♀
);
NORTH
CAROLINA
:
Durham Co.
,
Durham
,
Pelham Rd.
,
21.v.2016
, em
.
3.vi.2016
,
T.S. Feldman
, ex
Hedeoma hispida
, #CSE2539,
CNC634978
(
1♂
);
OKLAHOMA
:
Payne Co.
,
Mehan
,
36.014339° N
,
-96.996744° W,
20.iv.2017
, em.
7.v.2017
,
M.W. Palmer
, ex
Monarda fistulosa
, #CSE3736,
CNC939889
(
1♂
);
VERMONT
:
Chittenden Co.
,
Williston
,
Mud Pond
,
28.viii.2016
, em
.
iv.2017
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Lycopus uniflorus
, #CSE3566, CNC940122 (1♂).
Tentatively identified material. MASSACHUSETTS:
Hampden Co., Westfield,
12.viii.2014
, em.
24.viii– 2.ix.2014
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Lycopus uniflorus
, #CSE1356, CNC384833, CNC384834 (2♀); Middlesex Co., Townsend, 42.68888526, -71.75159779,
19.vii.2017
, em.
4.viii.2017
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Lycopus uniflorus
, #CSE4068, CNC939732 (1♀);
OREGON:
Lane Co., Blue River,
20.vii.2017
, em.
8.viii.2017
, M.W. Palmer, ex
Prunella vulgaris
, #CSE4262, CNC939939 (1♀).
Hosts.
Lamiaceae
: *
Hedeoma hispida
Pursh
, *
Lycopus uniflorus
Michx.
,
Mentha arvensis
L.,
Monarda
*
didyma
L.,
M. fistulosa
L. (
Spencer 1969
).
Spencer & Steyskal (1986)
recorded the following additional hosts based on leaf mines from
California
and
Florida
where adults have not been found:
Hyptis mutabilis
(
A
. Rich.) Briq.
,
Monarda punctata
L.,
Monardella odoratissima
Benth.
, and
Ocimum
L. Spencer (1969)
tentatively attributed a leaf mine on
Agastache nepetoides
(L.) Kuntze to this species. Our female reared from
Prunella vulgaris
L. is consistent with
Calycomyza menthae
, as are the leaf mines on this host, but males would be needed to be certain of the identification. This is the first record of any
Calycomyza
from
Prunella
. We have found likely mines of
C. menthae
on
Mentha canadensis
L. and
M. spicata
L. in
Massachusetts
.
A
leaf mine on
Pycnanthemum
Michx.
photographed in
Maryland
(
Wilson 2013
) may also represent
C. menthae
; this is not a known host for any agromyzid.
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 114
) Initially a narrow brown line, expanding to a messy, brownish blotch with clean, whitish margins here and there. Feeding lines like those of
Nemorimyza posticata
were visible in some examples. In the small leaves of
Hedeoma
, the mine occupies the entire leaf surface.
Puparium.
Yellowish-brown to pale reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: *MA, *NC, *OK, *VT;
Canada
: AB (
Sehgal 1971
), ON. The records of
California
and
Florida
(
Spencer & Steyskal 1986
) are based only on leaf mines. Our tentatively identified female reared from
Prunella
was collected in
Oregon
, and we have seen probable
Calycomyza menthae
mines on
Monarda
(including photographs posted to www.BugGuide.net) in CT, IA, MN, MO, and WI.
Comments.
The only other Lamiaceae-feeding
Calycomyza
recorded from
North
America is
C. hyptidis
Spencer
, which forms a characteristic star-shaped blotch with the frass all deposited in the center. It is not known to occur north of
Florida
. Although the host and distribution records based on leaf mines noted above may well all represent
C. menthae
, male specimens are needed to confirm them.