Neotropical Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the Mission Géodésique de l’Équateur: Becker (1920) revisited
Author
Boucher, Stéphanie
Author
Wheeler, Terry A.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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journal article
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Cerodontha
(
Cerodontha
)
dorsalis
(Loew)
(
Figs. 23–24
)
Odontocera dorsalis
Loew, 1863
: 54
.
Cerodontha dorsalis
,
Melander, 1913
: 249
;
Frick, 1952
: 399
; 1959: 396;
Spencer 1969
: 143
; 1981: 174;
Spencer and Steyskal 1986
: 91
;
Boucher 2002
: 5
.
Cerodonta dorsalis
,
Becker, 1920
: 212
.
MNHN
specimens
.
Ecuador
: Casitagua, alt.
3500 m
, P. Rivet 1903 (1 ♀).
Additional material examined
.
Jamaica
: Blue Mtn. Whitfield Hall,
4200 ft
,
10.x.1988
, T.A. Wheeler, swept at roadside (
19 ♂
; 16 ♀: LEM).
Host plants.
This species has been reared from multiple species of
Poaceae
.
Comments
. Although
Becker (1920)
listed only male specimens, the specimen examined is a female.
Cerodontha
(
C.
)
dorsalis
is easily distinguished from other
Cerodontha
(
Cerodontha
)
by the absence of acrostichal setulae and the presence of only one notopleural seta. It is widespread in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions including Central
America
, the Caribbean (
Dominica
,
Puerto Rico
,
Jamaica
),
Peru
,
Ecuador
,
Colombia
, and
Brazil
(
Sasakawa 1992c
,
Boucher 2002
).