Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil
Author
Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago
Author
Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro
Author
Esposito, Maria Cristina
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-28
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journal article
26369
10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1
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Calycomyza ipomoensis
Esposito, 1994
Calycomyza ipomoensis
Esposito, 1994: 114
.
Diagnosis.
Wing length
1.4–1.6 mm
. Fronto-orbital predominantly yellowish, brownish to upper fronto-orbital seta; pedicel brown; legs brown, with apex of femur and base of tibia yellow in the fore leg; calypter yellowish, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig. 2 and
3 in
Esposito 1994
): basiphallus slightly sclerotized; mesophallus short and globose with one pair of extensions distally; subquadrate sclerite present between mesophallus and distiphallus; distiphallus forming two strong tubules bearing two fused projections distally.
Host-plant.
Convolvulaceae—
Ipomoea asarifolia
(Desr.) Roemer & Schultes.
Distribution.
Brazil
.
Material
examined.
BRAZIL
,
Pará state
,
Belém
:
Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
(
UFRA
),
1º27′12.2″S
,
48º26′12.3″W
,
30-XII-1993
,
M.C. Esposito
[collector], ex leaf of
Ipomoea asarifolia
(
♀
)
; same loca- tion,
21-II-1994
, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of
Ipomoea asarifolia
(
♂
);
same data (
5 ♀
)
;
same location,
30- XII-1993
,
M.C. Esposito
[collector], ex leaf of
Ipomoea asarifolia
(
4 ♂
)
;
same data (
2 ♀
)
.
Comments.
Calycomyza ipomoensis
is similar to
C. stegmaieri
Spencer
, from which it is differentiated by the shape of the distiphallus. So far, this species has only been associated with
Ipomoea asarifolia
, forming blotches on the surface of the leaf with frass deposited in continuous lines.