Phytomyza opacae Kulp, 1968

Lonsdale, Owen, 2021, Manual of North American Agromyzidae (Diptera, Schizophora), with revision of the fauna of the " Delmarva " states, ZooKeys 1051, pp. 1-481 : 1

Phytomyza opacae Kulp

Figs 793-795

Phytomyza opacae Kulp, 1968: 21. Spencer and Steyskal 1986b: 215; Lonsdale and Scheffer 2011: 1198; Scheffer and Lonsdale 2018: 88; Scheffer et al. 2021.

Description.

As described for P. ilicicola except as follows:

Wing length 1.5-1.9 mm (♂), 1.8-2.0 mm (♀). Eye height divided by gena height: 4.2-5.2.

Colouration: Fronto-orbital plate pale, usually with narrow dark line extending to base of posterior fronto-orbital, but rarely reaching base of posterior ori.

Genitalia: (Figs 793-795 ) Surstylus broadly rounded. Epandrial process broad with slight ventral curve. Sclerite of hypophallus semi-circular with anterior margin slightly concave. Paraphalli tapered along outer-distal margin and slightly bowed, not parallel. Mesophallus nearly 7 × longer than wide. Arms of distiphallus slightly shorter than mesophallus, separate and not strongly diverging.

Hosts.

Aquifoliaceae - Ilex opaca , I. cassine , I. aquifolium , I. amelenchier ( Scheffer et al. 2021).

Distribution.

USA: DC, DE, FL, MD, NC, NJ (leaf mines only), NY, SC.

Type material.

Holotype: USA. MD: Prince George Co., College Park, 21.v.1964, em. 29.v.1964, C.W. McComb, Type No. 67776 (1♂, USNM).

Additional material examined.

See Lonsdale and Scheffer (2011).

Figures

Figures 787 - 795. Phytomyza leslieae Lonsdale and Scheffer, male genitalia 787 external genitalia, left lateral 788 phallus, ventral 789 hypandrial complex, left lateral 790 - 792 P. lineata Lonsdale and Scheffer, male genitalia 790 external genitalia, left lateral 791 phallus, ventral 792 hypandrial complex, left lateral 793 - 795 P. opacae Kulp, male genitalia 793 external genitalia, left lateral 794 phallus, ventral 795 hypandrial complex, left lateral. Originally published in Lonsdale and Scheffer (2011).