Thailand Agromyzidae (Diptera) — 2
Author
Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro
text
Zootaxa
2013
3746
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501
528
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.1
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Key to
Thailand
species of
Melanagromyza
1. Calypter with fringe white or yellowish.................................................................... 2
- Calypter with fringe brown to black...................................................................... 19
2. Mesoscutum and abdomen shining coppery-greenish or -bluish; surstylus not as follows............................. 3
- Mesoscutum without or with slightly metallic sheen, abdomen sometimes with detectable greenish tinge; surstylus projected narrowly, bearing about 25 spines........................................................................ 18
3. Ocellar triangle large, extending ventrally.................................................................. 4
- Ocellar triangle small, of normal size...................................................................... 7
4. Ocellar triangle with ventral tip extending to level of first
ori
; surstylus, phallapodeme and phallus not as follows........ 5
- Ocellar triangle with ventral tip extending obtusely to dorsal margin of lunule; surstylus with 15–17 spines; phallapodeme and phallus very long (widespread in Oriental region; host plants:
Cajanus
,
Phaseolus
spp. etc.).....
M. obtusa
(Malloch, 1914)
5. Gena gradually inclined to postgena, broadened posteriorly; r-m almost at midpoint of discal cell; basiphallus with sclerites laterally............................................................................................ 6
- Gena rounded, forming ring below eye, deepest at middle (1/7 as high as eye); r-m slightly before midpoint of discal cell;
basiphallus subtriangular (widespread throughout Old World tropics;
Japan
; host plants:
Cajanus
,
Glycine
,
Phaseolus
, etc.).................................................................................
M. sojae
(Zehntner, 1900)
6. Large species, wing length
2.5 mm
; surstylus with about 20 spines on distal projection; basiphallus consists of quadrate sclerites, distiphallus with distal tube short and smooth......................................
M. cirrappendicula
sp
.
nov
.
- Smaller, wing length
1.9–2.2 mm
; surstylus with 26 spines; basiphallus with lateral sclerites isolated and slightly joined at middle, distiphallus with distal tube densely striated........................................
M. multistriata
sp
.
nov
.
7. Mesoscutum bluish-black; gena narrow (
1/13–1/16
as high as eye); arista distinctly pubescent; phallus with conical, membranous process between basiphallus and mesophallus (New
Britain
,
Thailand
)................
M. lividula
Sasakawa (1963d)
- Mesoscutum predominantly greenish-black; arista microscopically pubescent; phallus not as above.....................8
8. Eye bare............................................................................................. 9
- Eye in male with a patch of hairs anterodorsally............................................................ 15
9. Large species, wing length
2.6 mm
; body strongly shining reddish-coppery; frons 1.5 times as wide as eye; surstylus with many spines in arrangement of two groups.................................................
M. sexseriata
sp
.
nov
.
- Smaller species, wing length less than
2.3 mm
; frons almost as wide as eye; surstylus not as above.................... 10
10. Mesoscutum and abdomen multi-colored, greenish, bluish or purplish; surstylus with about 15 spines (
Indonesia
,
Taiwan
;
Japan
; host plants:
Glycine
,
Phaseolus
,
Pueraria
spp. etc.)...........................
M. dolichostigma
Meijere (1922)
- Mesoscutum and abdomen shining coppery or greenish; surstylus not as above................................... 11
11. Distiphallus with spinulose patches at middle of dorsolateral sides.............................................. 12
- Ditiphallus without spinulose patch...................................................................... 13
12. Surstylus with 11–14 spines dorsad of ventral setal cluster; basiphallus distinctly shorter than distiphallus...................................................................................................
M. spinuliloba
sp
.
nov
.
- Surstylus with 26–30 spines along ventral margin; basiphallus with sclerites diverging distally, subequal to distiphallus in length................................................................................
M. turgida
sp
.
nov
.
13. Basiphallus subequal to distiphallus in length, distiphallus with short process near dorsal base (Spencer 1986, figs 3, 4); surstylus with 12 spines (widespread from
Fiji
to
India
, Africa).............................
M. albisquama
(Malloch, 1927)
- Basiphallus distinctly shorter than distiphallus.............................................................. 14
14. Phallus: see Spencer 1986, figs 5, 6..............................................
M. erawanensis
Spencer (1986)
- Phallus: see Spencer 1986: figs 13, 14...............................................
M. pasiensis
Spencer (1986)
15. Frons 1.5 times as wide as eye; gena 1/8 as high as eye; basiphallus with sclerites extending laterally and connecting at both ends; distiphallus: see Spencer 1986, figs 11, 12 (
Thailand
)................................
M. pasiae
Spencer (1986)
- Frons almost as wide as eye; basiphallus and distiphallus not as above........................................... 16
16. Gena 1/5 as high as eye; surstylus with a row of several spines dorsad of two ventromarginal rows of about 20 spines; basiphallus with lateral sclerites connecting at end (see Sasakawa 1981, figs 1A–C) (
Sri Lanka
,
Thailand
)......................................................................................................
M. cleomae
Spencer (1961)
- Gena
1/10–1/12
as high as eye; surstylus not as above........................................................ 17
17. Basiphallus with sclerites distally diverging ventroapically (distiphallus: see Spencer 1986, figs 9, 10)...............................................................................................
M. metallica
(Thomson, 1869)
- Basiphallus with sclerites connecting at ends (distiphallus: see Spencer 1986: figs 7, 8;
Thailand
)..................................................................................................
M. inthanonensis
Spencer (1986)
18. Mesoscutum weakly shining coppery when viewed from rear; hypandrium with basal apodeme long (1/2 as long as whole length); basiphallus U-shaped in ventral view; distiphallus simple, smooth on surface...............
M. macilenta
sp
.
nov
.
- Mesoscutum shining, with (♂) or without (♀) trace of coppery coloration; hypandrium with apodeme short (less than 1/3 of whole length); basiphallus tubular, distiphallus spinulose on dorsolateral lobes (
Thailand
)........
M. yodai
Sasakawa (1962)
19. Parafrontalia not projecting above eye margin in profile...................................................... 20
- Parafrontalia distinctly projecting above eye in profile....................................................... 23
20. Mesoscutum without metallic luster, abdomen shining metallic-coppery; frons almost as wide as eye; gena narrow (1/10 as high as eye); surstylus with 16 long spines; phallus with ventral membranous part extremely swollen.. ..
M. catalexis
sp
.
nov
.
- Mesoscutum and abdomen without metallic luster; frons wider than eye; gena and surstylus not as above............... 21
21. Mid tibia with one or two
pd
; frons 1.3–1.4 times as wide as eye; gena 1/4–1/6 as high as eye........................ 22
- Mid tibia with one
pd
; frons as wide as eye; gena narrow, 1/14 as high as eye (male unknown) (
Thailand
)............................................................................................ ..
M. gressitti
Sasakawa (1963a)
22. Ultimate section of CuA1 1/2–3/4 as long as penultimate; surstylus with about 30 spines along ventral margin; distiphallus bifurcate distally, bearing numerous spinules and granules...................................
M. pandiculata
sp
.
nov
.
- Ultimate section of CuA1 4/5 as long as penultimate; surstylus with 40 spines at anterior corner; distiphallus simple, U-shaped in dorsal view..........................................................................
M. ancyla
sp
.
nov
.
23. Mesoscutum faintly and abdomen distinctly coppery-shining; frons 1.3 times as wide as eye; gena 1/11 as high as eye; mid tibia without
pd
; surstylus with small anteroventral projection, bearing 7–9 spines basally; distiphallus folded twice at base (
Malaysia
,
Thailand
)........................................................ ..
M. malayensis
Sasakawa (1963a)
- Mesoscutum and abdomen greenish-lusterless; frons almost as wide as eye; gena 1/4–1/7 as high as eye; mid tibia with one to three short
pd
; phallus with membranous swelling ventrally................................................... 24
24. Wing length
2.3–2.6 mm
; first antennal flagellomere with long pile; epiphallus and basiphallus very short (
Indonesia
,
Taiwan
,
Thailand
)..................................................................... ..
M. provecta
(Meijere, 1910)
- Wing length
1.7 mm
; first antennal flagellomere minutely pilose; epiphallus long, basiphallus U-shaped in ventral view...........................................................................................
M. lunulata
sp
.
nov
.