New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species
Author
Eiseman, Charles S.
Author
Lonsdale, Owen
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-14
4479
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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Agromyza
sp. 3
Material
examined.
OKLAHOMA
:
Payne Co.
,
Mehan
,
36.014339° N
,
96.996744° W
,
30.xii.2015
, em.
31.iii.2016
,
M.W. Palmer
, ex
Dichanthelium
, #CSE2300,
CNC653996
(
1♀
)
.
Host.
Poaceae
:
Dichanthelium
(Hitchc. & Chase) Gould.
Leaf mine.
Solitary larva forming an irregular whitish blotch on the lower surface, with liquidy green to blackish frass smeared randomly throughout. Visible as whitish mottling on the upper leaf surface.
Puparium.
Pale reddish-brown; formed outside the mine.
Comments.
Two
Agromyza
species,
A
. parca
and
A
. pudica
, have now been reared from
Dichanthelium
spp., but their mines have always been on the upper leaf surface. Only a single example of this underside mine was found, and no upper surface mines were found with it. The larva was collected on
30 December
; it pupariated by
5 January
, and was kept at room temperature until the adult emerged on
31 March
.