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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Calycomyza malvae
(Burgess)
(
Figs. 111–113
)
Material
examined.
MASSACHUSETTS
:
Hampshire Co.
,
Pelham
,
Quarry St.
,
3.vii.2013
, em
.
13–15.vii.2013
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Malva rotundifolia
, #CSE686, CNC751857–751862 (6♂);
NORTH
CAROLINA
:
Scotland
Co.,
Laurinburg
,
St. Andrews University
,
17.viii.2015
, em
.
28.viii–ix.2015
, T.S. Feldman, ex
Sida
rhombifolia
, #CSE2119, CNC653958–653965 (5♂ 2♀);
29.vi.2016
, em.
14.vii.2016
, T.S. Feldman, ex
Sida
rhombifolia
, #CSE2754, CNC659975 (1♀);
14.viii.2017
, em.
26–27.viii.2017
, T.S. Feldman, ex
Centrosema virginianum
, #CSE4204, CNC939752–939754 (3♀);
30.viii.2017
, em.
15–17.viii.2017
, T.S. Feldman, ex
Centrosema virginianum
, #CSE4268, CNC939758 (1♂);
OKLAHOMA
:
Payne Co.
,
Mehan
,
36.014339° N
,
96.996744° W
,
7.vii.2016
, em. by
31.vii.2016
,
M.W. Palmer
, ex
Senna
marilandica
, #CSE3047,
CNC653983
,
CNC653984
(
1♂
1♀
)
;
Perkins
,
21.vi.2015
, em. by
4.vii.2015
,
M.W. Palmer
, ex
Senna
marilandica
, #CSE1820,
CNC564630
(
1♀
)
;
Perkins
,
30.vi.2015
, em. by
12.vii.2015
,
M.W. Palmer
, ex
Senna
marilandica
, #CSE1821,
CNC564700–564702
(
2♂
1♀
)
;
TEXAS
:
Edwards Co.
,
1.3 miles
NW of Campwood
,
16.iii.2017
, em
.
14.iv.2017
, C.S. Eiseman, ex
Senna lindheimeriana
, #CSE3483, CNC941269 (1♂).
Tentatively
identified material.
ARIZONA
:
Pima Co.
, near
Why
,
3.xi.2012
, em
.
2.xii.2012
, C.S. Eiseman, ex?
Sphaeralcea
, #CSE155 (1♀).
Hosts.
Fabaceae
: *
Centrosema virginianum
(L.) Benth., *
Senna lindheimeriana
(Scheele) Irwin & Barneby,
S. marilandica
(L.) Link;
Malvaceae
:
Abutilon theophrasti
Medik.
,
Alcea rosea
L.,
Hibiscus denudatus
Benth.
,
Malva
“
rotundifolia
”
[
M. neglecta
Wallr.
or
M. pusilla
Sm.
],
Malvastrum corchorifolium
(Desv.) Britton ex Small
,
M. coromandelianum
(L.) Garcke,
Sida acuta
Burm.f.,
S. cordifolia
L.,
S. rhombifolia
L.,
S. spinosa
L.,
Sphaeralcea coulteri
(S. Watson)
A
. Gray
,
Urena lobata
L. (
Frick 1956
;
Stegmaier 1967b
;
Servín
et al
. 2013
). Although our
Centrosema-
and
Senna
-reared specimens represent the first documented instances of
Calycomyza malvae
feeding on legumes in the Nearctic,
Esposito (1991)
recorded this species from
Glycine max
(L.) Merr. and
Phaseolus vulgaris
L. in
Brazil
.
Leaf mine.
(
Figs. 111–113
) As originally described by
Burgess (1880)
, the mine on
Malva
is entirely linear; at first it is only visible on the lower leaf surface, where it appears greenish; when the larva is somewhat less than half grown, it suddenly switches to the upper surface, where the mine is nearly white. Burgess stated that the frass is in an almost continuous black string along the center and that the larva exits through a slit in the lower epidermis.
Spencer (1969)
described the mine as greenish-yellow on
Alcea
. In the mines on
Sida
illustrated by
Stegmaier (1967b)
, the frass trail is sometimes irregular and diffuse, sometimes in streaks or discrete grains that are occasionally centrally deposited but more often along the sides of the mine. In one of the mines observed in
Arizona
, there was no discernible frass and patches of the mine were greenish; in another, the mine was largely suffused with brown, with frass forming a distinct, narrow line in a rather small portion. Our
Massachusetts
mines on
Malva
were whitish with the frass in
Liriomyza
-like alternating strips, and in this case the sudden transition from a lower surface mine seems to be the only feature that distinguishes them from
Liriomyza
mines (
Fig. 111
). The mines on
Fabaceae
are likewise whitish with frass in alternating strips, but tend to become blotchy toward the end, with frass in more irregularly scattered grains (
Fig. 112
). Mines on
Centrosema
typically begin by following the leaflet midrib distally. Some of the
Senna
mines are almost entirely on the upper leaf surface, while others are mostly on the lower surface. Our
North
Carolina
mines on
Sida
from 2015 were whitish to pale green, with frass initially in strips but in scattered grains toward the end. Those collected in 2016 were entirely on the upper leaf surface and the frass was in discrete grains throughout (
Fig. 113
).
Puparium.
Brown; formed outside the mine.
Distribution.
USA
: AZ (
Frick 1956
), CA (
Frick 1956
), DC (
Burgess 1880
), FL, IN, *MA, MD (
Scheffer
et al
. 2007
), MS, NM (
Frick 1956
), NY, *NC, *OK, PA, *TX, WI.
Canada
: ON;
Mexico
(
Servín
et al
. 2013
);
Argentina
;
Bahamas
;
Brazil
;
Chile
;
Jamaica
;
Venezuela
(
Martinez & Etienne 2002
).