Thailand Agromyzidae (Diptera) — 2 Author Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro text Zootaxa 2013 3746 4 501 528 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.1 2c47b519-8bb0-41d2-a4ab-3abec949499e 1175-5326 216905 F34E3BEA-CABE-4595-B1EB-40CC4802A942 Melanagromyza albisquama (Malloch) Agromyza ( Melanagromyza ) albisquama Malloch, 1927: 425 . Melanagromyza leguminum Bezzi, 1928: 166 . Melanagromyza minora Spencer, 1959: 279 . Melanagromyza desmodii Spencer, 1960: 23 . Melanagromyza compositarum Spencer, 1961a: 70 . Material examined . 2♂ 2♀, Loei, Phu Ruea National Park, 17˚30.740´N, 101˚20.650´E, 1353 m a.s.l., 26 ix–2 x 2006 , Malaise trap, Nukoonchai Jaroenchai; 2♂ 3♀, Phetchabun, Khao Kho National Park, 16˚32.539´N, 102˚02.483´E, 242 m , 26 xi–2 xii 2006 , Malaise trap, Somchai Chachumnan & Saink Singtong. Remarks . This is a common, widespread species throughout the Old World tropics from Polynesia to Africa. This black fly has a shining coppery-greenish mesoscutum and abdomen, the short wing (1.6–2.0 mm in male), a whitish fringe on the calypter, a row of 12 spines on the dorsal part of the surstylus (Sasakawa 1963c), and a chitinized short process near dorsal base of the distiphallus (Spencer 1977b, figs 3, 4). Larva is a seed-feeder in the pods of Desmodium spp. (Leguminosae). Distribution. Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Sumbawa), Philippines , Taiwan , Vietnam , Thailand , India , Sri Lanka ; Australia , Papua New Guinea , Bismark Arch., New Britain , Palau , Solomon Is., Vanuatu , New Caledonia , Loyalty Is., Belau , Fiji , Tonga , Samoa ; S. Africa, Mauritius .