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
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-17
4931
1
1
68
journal article
7424
10.11646/zootaxa.4931.1.1
d63cab47-63f1-4fdc-9209-26a256c91ccb
1175-5326
4545337
88CF2B0D-E02B-46E1-9F52-1B95F717FC8F
Phytomyza solidaginophaga
Sehgal
Material examined.
IOWA
:
Winneshiek Co.
,
Decorah
,
Twin Springs Park
,
24.v.2017
, em.?,
J. van der Linden
, ex
Solidago flexicaulis
, #
CSE4670
,
CNC1144022
(1♁).
Hosts.
Asteraceae
:
Solidago caesia
L.,
S. canadensis
L.,
S. *
flexicaulis
L.,
S. patula
Muhl. ex Willd.
,
S. rugosa
Mill.
,
S. simplex
Kunth (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
)
; see Comments for other likely hosts.
Leaf mine.
Greenish-white to greenish-brown, entirely linear, with frass in closely spaced grains, partly forming short beaded strips (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Puparium.
Black; formed outside the mine.
Phenology and voltinism.
This species is univoltine, overwintering as pupae, with larvae present only in spring. Although Alberta collection dates range from 7 to 13 June (
Griffiths 1976
), larvae have only been found from 11 to 24 May in the
USA
(
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Distribution.
USA
: CO (
Winkler
et al
. 2009
), *IA, MA;
Canada
: AB, [YT] (
Eiseman & Lonsdale 2018
).
Comments.
Given that the latest recorded date for larvae of
Phytomyza solidaginophaga
in the
USA
(24 May) is more than two weeks before the earliest recorded date for
P. astotinensis
(9 June; this paper), we believe mines found in
Massachusetts
on two additional hosts likely represent
P. solidaginophaga
: occupied mines on
Solidago gigantea
Aiton
between 18 and 22 May, and a mine on
S. arguta
Aiton
containing a dead larva on 25 May. An occupied mine on
S. speciosa
Nutt.
photographed on 31 May in
Wisconsin
(
Klein 2019
) may also represent
P. solidaginophaga
.