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 fbe3031c-52b8-406a-8095-82cb9e53add0 1175-5326 3259200 A0A2E6C2-6456-4F99-A3CE-1958A271E1A4 Liriomyza valladaresae Carvalho-Filho, Almeida & Esposito, 2016 Liriomyza flagellae Valladares, 1986 ; Spencer, 1990: 67 ( nomen nudum ); Martinez & Etienne, 2002: 37 ( nomen nudum ). Liriomyza valladaresae , Carvalho-Filho et al. , 2016: 446 . Diagnosis. Wing length 2.6–3.2 mm . Head, face and antenna pale orange; mesonotum predominantly black, with dark marking almost reaching the scutellum; scutellum yellowish, sometimes with small black spot laterally; calypter light brown, fringe brown. Aedeagus (Fig. 4–6 in Carvalho-Filho et al. 2016 ): basiphallus slightly sclerotized with two extensions distally; mesophallus fused to distiphallus, forming two long sinuous tubules. Host-plants. Amaranthaceae— Alternanthera tenella Colla , Amaranthus viridis L. Distribution. Argentina , Brazil . Material examined. Brazil , Pará , Belém : Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves , 1º25′48.2″S , 48º27′23.5″W , 18-XII-1992 , M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Alternanthera tenella ( ♂ ) ; Campus de Pesquisa do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi , 1º26′56.3″S , 48º26′43.2″W , 01-III-1993 , M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Alternanthera tenella ( ♀ ) ; Universidade Federal do Pará ( UFPA ), 1º28′17.2″S , 48º26′44.7″W , 20-VIII-2015 , N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of Alternanthera tenella ( ♂ ) ; same location, 08-II-2017 , N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of Alternanthera tenella ( ♂ ) ; same location, 22-XII-2016 , N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of Alternanthera tenella ( ♂ ) ; Passagem Jáder Barba II, 1º25′06.9″S , 48º26′34.2″W , 20-VII-2016 , N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of Alternanthera tenella ( ♀ ) . Comments. Liriomyza valladaresae is similar to Liriomyza equiseti de Meijere in that the aedeagus forms a pair of sinuous tubules on the distiphallus, and it is differentiated mostly by the shape of the surstylus (with an apical spine in L. equiseti and no spines in L. valladaresae ).