Thirteen new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States, with new host and distribution records for 32 additional species
Author
Eiseman, Charles S.
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
0000-0001-7034-3330
onsdale@agr.gc.ca
Author
Linden, John Van Der
0000-0003-2651-0634
johnbvdl@gmail.com
Author
Feldman, Tracy S.
0000-0001-5939-6810
feldmants@sa.edu
Author
Palmer, Michael W.
0000-0003-1452-2152
mike.palmer@okstate.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-17
4931
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1
68
journal article
7424
10.11646/zootaxa.4931.1.1
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Phytomyza krygeri
Hering
Material examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Franklin Co.
,
Northfield
,
42.647283
,
-72.424726
,
20.vi.2017
, em.
26.iv–6.v.2018
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Aquilegia canadensis
seedpods, #
CSE4441
,
CNC1135721–1135728
(5♁
3♀
)
;
WISCONSIN
:
Vernon Co.
,
Battle Bluff Prairie State Natural Area
,
43°18′5.04″N
91°48′6.60″W
,
13.vi.2017
, em. spring 2018,
J. van der Linden
, ex
Aquilegia canadensis
, #
CSE4947
,
CNC1288661–1288662
(
2♀
)
.
Hosts.
Ranunculaceae
:
Aquilegia
*
canadensis
L.
,
A. vulgaris
L. (
Lonsdale 2017b
).
Larval biology.
Larvae feed in developing seed pods, which become distorted and discolored brown.
Puparium.
Formed within the seed pod; subshining and dark brown, almost black; similar in size and appearance to the remains of the slightly paler brown seeds damaged by larval feeding (
Lonsdale 2017b
).
Phenology and voltinism.
This species is univoltine, overwintering as pupae. In Ottawa, adults are present in May and puparia are formed by the end of June (
Lonsdale 2017b
).
Distribution.
*
USA
: [IA], MA, WI;
Canada
: ON; Europe (
Lonsdale 2017b
).
Comments.
This European species was discovered ovipositing in flowers of cultivated European columbine in Ottawa, Ontario in the spring of 2015 (
Lonsdale 2017b
). The new rearing records, along with larvae and puparia we observed in northeastern
Iowa
in
June 2018
, indicate that it is already widespread in the
USA
and utilizing native columbines
.