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
29197
10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Phytomyza clematiphaga
Spencer
(
Fig. 180
)
Material
examined.
COLORADO
:
Fremont Co.
,
Bear Creek
,
Forest Rd.
101, off of 49 Rd.,
7.vii.2015
, em.
19– 22.vii.2015
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Clematis hirsutissima
var.
scottii
, #CSE1728,
CNC654335
,
CNC654336
(
1♂
1♀
)
.
Hosts.
Ranunculaceae
:
Clematis columbiana
(Nutt.) Torr. &
A
. Gray,
C.
*
hirsutissima
Pursh var.
scottii
(Porter) Erickson
,
C. occidentalis
(Hornem.)
DC. (
Spencer 1969
).
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 180
) Upper surface (though at least sometimes beginning on the lower surface), white, linear; up to
1 mm
or slightly wider, with a small terminal enlargement up to
3 mm
wide. The black frass is in strips or beaded strips along the sides.
Puparium.
Yellowish-brown, formed within the mine, with the anterior spiracles projecting through the upper epidermis.
Distribution.
USA
: *CO, MT;
Canada
: AB.
Phytomyza clematoides
Spencer
(
Fig. 181
)
Material
examined.
COLORADO
:
Fremont Co.
,
Bear Creek
,
Forest Rd.
101, off of 49 Rd.,
7.vii.2015
, em.
26.vii.2015
,
C.S. Eiseman
, ex
Clematis ligusticifolia
, #CSE1853,
CNC564610
(
1♀
)
.
Host.
Ranunculaceae
:
Clematis ligusticifolia
Nutt.
Leaf mine.
(
Fig. 181
) Whitish, gradually widening, entirely linear; frass in numerous, small, closely spaced grains.
Puparium.
Brown; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: *CO, WA.
Comments.
The identification of this female is very tentative, as no reference material of
P. clematoides
was available and the genus is in need of revision.