Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil
Author
Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago
Author
Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro
Author
Esposito, Maria Cristina
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-28
4624
2
151
182
journal article
26369
10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1
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1175-5326
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Japanagromyza centrosematifolii
Etienne, 2003
Figure 1
Japanagromyza centrosematifolii
Etienne, 2003: 262
(
in
Etienne & Martinez 2003
).
Diagnosis.
Wing length 2.0 mm. Mesonotum shining, greenish; prescutellar setae present; fore tibia with one lateral seta; mid tibia with two lateral setae; abdomen greenish; calypter whitish, fringe white; halter yellowish. Aedeagus (Fig. 1): tubular, slightly sclerotized; basiphallus small and sclerotized; mesophallus predominantly membranous, only sclerotized at apex; distiphallus slightly sclerotized, forming two tubules that are fused and coiled; hypophallus entirely membranous; hypandrium with apodeme; surstylus with two spines at apex; cercus with 12 to 19 spines internally.
Host-plants.
Fabaceae—
Centrosema pubescens
Benth.
,
Centrosema virginianum
(L.) Benth.,
Fabaceae
sp.
Distribution.
*
Brazil
,
Guadeloupe
.
Material
examined.
Brazil
,
Pará state
,
Belém
:
Avenida Perimetral
,
1º26′31.7″S
,
48º26′49.7″W
,
18-XII-2017
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex leaf of
Fabaceae
sp. (
2 ♂
); same location,
18-XII-2017
,
N. Monteiro
[collector], ex leaf of
Fabaceae
sp. (
2 ♀
)
.
Comments.
Japanagromyza centrosematifolii
is similar to
Japanagromyza centrosemae
(Frost)
in the shape of the aedeagus, but
J. centrosemae
differs in lacking setae on the mid tibia. Larvae of
J. centrosematifolii
form blotch
mines on the surface of the leaf with frass deposited in visible masses.