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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
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Japanagromyza viridula
(Coquillett)
(
Figs. 81–82
)
Material
examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Franklin Co.
,
Northfield
, power lines W of
Old Wendell Rd.
,
1.vi.2016
, em
.
23–25.vi.2016
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Quercus alba
, #CSE2617, CNC654095–654099 (5♂); Nantucket
Co., Nantucket, Squam Swamp,
12.vi.2013
., em.
30.vi.2013
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Quercus velutina
, #CSE619, CNC392713 (1♂); Nantucket, Squam Farm,
9.vi.2013
, em.
30.vi.2013
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Quercus ilicifolia
, #CSE627, CNC358584, CNC358585 (2♀);
OKLAHOMA:
Payne Co., Mehan, 36.014339° N, -96.996744° W,
18.iv.2017
, em.
18–21.v.2017
, M.W. Palmer, ex
Quercus velutina
, #CSE3681, CNC939898 (3♂);
18.iv.2017
, em.
9.v.2017
, M.W. Palmer, ex
Quercus stellata
, #CSE3734, CNC939894, CNC939895 (2♂).
Hosts.
Fagaceae
:
Castanea mollissima
Blume
,
Quercus
*
alba
L.,
Q. *
ilicifolia
Wangenh.
,
Q. rubra
L.,
Q. *
stellata
Wangenh.,
Q.
*
velutina
Lam. (
Spencer & Steyskal 1986
)
; we have also seen mines on
Q. laevis
Walter
,
Q. macrocarpa
Michx.
, and
Q. margaretta
(Ashe) Small.
Leaf mine.
(
Figs. 81–82
)
A
brownish blotch, or sometimes irregularly linear, with frass in irregular lumps. Because mines are formed in leaves that are still expanding, the oviposition site and associated feeding punctures often open into conspicuous holes, and the mined portion of the leaf is disfigured. The mines on
Quercus alba
had distinct primary and secondary feeding lines (
Fig. 81
).
Puparium.
Brown; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: GA, IN, KS, MA, ME, NC, *OK, PA, SC, TN, VA;
Canada
: NS, ON;
Puerto Rico
. We have also seen photographed leaf mines from IL and NJ.
Spencer & Stegmaier (1973)
state that it is “virtually certain” that the Puerto Rican specimens mentioned in the original description represent another species, but the basis for this assertion is unclear.