Calycomyza irreperta Spencer, 1963

Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago, Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro & Esposito, Maria Cristina, 2019, Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil, Zootaxa 4624 (2), pp. 151-182 : 166

Calycomyza irreperta Spencer, 1963

Phytobia (Calycomyza) irreperta Spencer, 1963: 345 .

Diagnosis. Wing length 2.2 mm. Fronto-orbital plate predominantly yellowish, brownish to upper fronto-orbital seta; pedicel brown; leg brown, with apex of femur and base of tibia yellow in the fore leg; calypter yellowish with margin black, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig. 63a in Spencer 1963): basiphallus slightly sclerotized; mesophallus short and globose; subquadrate sclerite present between mesophallus and distiphallus; distiphallus short, divided into two cylindrical tubules as long as mesophallus.

Host-plant (Fig. 21). Convolvulaceae—* Ipomoea setifera Poir.

Distribution. Brazil.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Pará state, Belém: Universidade Federal do Pará ( UFPA), 1º28′25.0″S, 48º27′20.7″W, 19-VI-2015, N. Monteiro [collector], ex leaf of Ipomoea setifera (3 ♂); same location, 19-VI-2015, N. Monteiro [collector],], ex leaf of Ipomoea setifera (2 ♀) .

Comments. Spencer (1963) suggested that Calycomyza irreperta was a leaf miner of a Convolvulaceae species, which is confirmed by the present study, with larvae forming linear mines on leaves of Ipomoea setifera .