Melanagromyza provecta (de Meijere, 1910)

Guglya, Yu., 2020, Mining Flies Of The Subfamily Agromyzinae (Diptera, Agromyzidae) Of Ukrainian Transcarpathia, With The Description Of Three New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (6), pp. 453-478 : 459

Melanagromyza provecta (de Meijere, 1910)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Bozdozkyi Park, 22.06.2018, 1 ♂; Velyatyn, wet shaded motley grass on the left River Tisa Bank, 24.07.2017, 1 ♀; Okli Hed, deciduous forest with Quercus and Caprinus , 19.08.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; the River Uzh Bank, 19.09.2017, 1 ♂; Kyiv Region: Kyiv, Botanical Garden, 50°24' N 30°33' E, 24.07.2019, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Vinnytsa Region: near Chechelnyk, Vyshenka Location, 48°10' N 29°20' E, 1.07.2019, 1 ♂.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. This species was described three times — as Agromyza provecta from Indonesia, as Agromyza nigrisquama from Formosa and as Melanagromyza communis from Belgian Congo and Mozambique and further was found in India and Ethiopia ( Spencer, 1977), and Taiwan ( Sasakawa, 1972). The nearest location to Ukraine where it was found in 2007 is Turkey ( Çikman, Sasakawa, 2011). In Ukraine. Kharkiv, Luhansk and Kyiv Regions ( Guglya, 2012, 2015, 2016 a); Transcarpathia and Vinnytsa Region (first record).

Bionomics. Collected material from Ukraine dates from 17 May to 19 September, so two or three generations develops per year. M. provecta in Ukraine is common but not numerous. The only host plant has been known for this species is Abutilon indicum .