Thirteen new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States, with new host and distribution records for 32 additional species
Author
Eiseman, Charles S.
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
0000-0001-7034-3330
onsdale@agr.gc.ca
Author
Linden, John Van Der
0000-0003-2651-0634
johnbvdl@gmail.com
Author
Feldman, Tracy S.
0000-0001-5939-6810
feldmants@sa.edu
Author
Palmer, Michael W.
0000-0003-1452-2152
mike.palmer@okstate.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-17
4931
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1
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journal article
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Phytomyza thermarum
(Griffiths)
(
Fig. 85
)
Material examined.
VERMONT
:
Windham Co.
,
Marlboro
,
Hogback Mountain
,
42.852158
,
-72.797828
,
21.vi.2018
, em.
4.vii.2018
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Erigeron pulchellus
, #
CSE4720
,
CNC1135661
(1♁).
Hosts.
Asteraceae
:
Erigeron philadelphicus
L. (
Griffiths 1976
),
E. *
pulchellus
Michx.
Larval mine.
(
Fig. 85
) Partly in the stem, petiole, and basal part of the leaf midrib, with whitish linear channels radiating into the blade. These channels are mostly more or less full-depth but may be on the upper or lower surface. Frass is mostly in discrete grains (partly forming beaded strips in most mines according to
Griffiths (1976))
.
Puparium.
White or yellowish-white, formed within the mine, either in the petiole or on the lower surface of the blade, with its anterior spiracles projecting ventrally through the epidermis (
Griffiths 1976
).
Phenology and voltinism.
This species is evidently multivoltine in western
Canada
, with larvae collected in early June emerging as adults within two weeks, larvae and puparia collected in mid-July emerging as adults in late July and early August, and those collected in early September emerging as adults within a month (
Griffiths 1976
).
Distribution.
*
USA
: VT;
Canada
: AB, BC (
Griffiths 1976
). Mines possibly representing this species have been found on
Erigeron philadelphicus
in PA (
Schultz 2020
).