Plaumannimyia Hering

Norrbom, Allen L., Sutton, Bruce D., Steck, Gary J. & Monzón, José, 2010, New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398, Zootaxa 2398, pp. 1-65 : 42

Plaumannimyia Hering

Plaumannimyia Hering 1938 (type species P. pallens Hering , by original designation).

Trypanaresta Hering 1940 (type species Trypanea imitatrix Hering , by original designation). New synonymy.

Trypanaresta Hering is here considered a subjective junior synonym of Plaumannimyia Hering. Species of both taxa lack dorsal preapical setae on the hind femur (synapomorphy). These two genera have been separated mainly on the basis of their wing patterns. The two species currently included in Plaumannimyia have nearly evenly reticulate patterns, whereas species previously placed in Trypanaresta generally have stellate or bicolored patterns, but some undescribed species approach the wing pattern in P. pallens and P. costaemaculata , except for having a solid subapical brown spot. Furthermore, at least one undescribed species with a more typical stellate pattern has highly derived male terminalia like the above two species currently included in Plaumannimyia , with the lateral surstylus elongate and strongly posteriorly curved, and the medial surstylus with the medial prensiseta greatly enlarged, more than four times as long as wide ( Figs. 80–81). Species of both genera breed in flowerheads of Baccharis and its close relatives ( Asteraceae : Astereae ). Given the introgression in these characters and their similar biology, Trypanaresta is considered a junior synonym of Plaumannimyia . The following species are transferred to Plaumannimyia as new combinations (original genus in parentheses): P. ameghinoi (Brèthes 1908) (Urellia) , P. coelestina (Hering 1938) (Trypanea) , P. delicatella (Blanchard 1852) (Acinia) , P. difficilis ( Malloch 1933) (Trypanea) , P. dolores (Hering 1938) (Trypanea) , P. eugenia ( Wulp 1900) (Urellia) , P. flava (Adams 1904) (Urellia) , P. hestiae ( Hendel 1914) (Trypanea) , P. imitatrix (Hering 1938) (Trypanea) , P. miseta (Hering 1938) (Trypanea) , P. plagiata (Blanchard 1852) (Acinia) , P. scutellata (Séguy 1933) (Acanthiophilus) , P. setulosa ( Malloch 1933) (Trypanea) , P. subaster ( Malloch 1933) (Trypanea) , P. suspecta ( Malloch 1933) (Trypanea) , P. thomsoni ( Hendel 1914) (Trypanea) , P. titschacki ( Hering 1941) (Trypanaresta) , and P. valdesiana (Gandolfo & Norrbom 1997) (Trypanaresta) .