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
68
journal article
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Melanagromyza
sp. 3
Material examined.
IOWA
:
Winneshiek Co.
,
Decorah
,
Twin Springs Park
,
31.iā1.ii.2017
, em. by
ix.2017
,
J. van der Linden
, ex
Prenanthes alba
, #
CSE4660
,
CNC1144026ā1144027
(
2ā
);
10.ix.2017
, em. spring 2018, J. van der
Linden
, ex
Prenanthes alba
, #
CSE4662
,
CNC1135654
(
1ā
)
.
Host.
Asteraceae
:
Nabalus albus
(L.) Hook.
Larval biology.
Internal stem borer. Lower in the stem, where it is hollow, larvae feed as described above for
Melanagromyza arnoglossi
.
Puparium.
Straw-colored; formed within the larval feeding site.
Phenology and voltinism.
Pupae overwinter, with adults emerging in spring or perhaps summer.
Comments.
This is the first record of any
Melanagromyza
from
Nabalus
(nor is any known from
Prenanthes
L., the European genus from which
Nabalus
was recently separated).