Calycomyza meridiana (Hendel)

(Figs. 20–24)

Agromyza meridionalis Malloch, 1914 .

Agromyza meridiana Hendel, 1923: 123, nomen novum for Agromyza meridionalis Malloch, preoccupied by Agromyza meridionalis Strobl, 1900 .

Phytobia (Calycomyza) meridiana (Hendel), Frick 1952: 395; Spencer 1963: 348.

Calycomyza meridiana (Hendel), Spencer 1966: 146; 1967: 9; 1973a:153; 1973b: 46; 1983: 60; Spencer & Stegmaier 1973: 185; Sasakawa 1992b: 15; Sasakawa 1992c: 823; Sasakawa 2005: 158; Martinez & Étienne 2002: 30; Korytkowski 2014: 28.

Specimens examined. Costa Rica. Prov. Puntarenas. Coto Brus. Z.P. Las Tablas. Est Biol Las Alturas. 1500-1600m. 7-14 ENE 2013. Proyecto ZADBI . Malaise trap, ZADBI-545. -82:50:04 08:57:07 #106216. INB0004450328 (1M: MNCR); Costa Rica. Prov. San José. Moravia. Zurquí de Moravia, Tower path. 1600m. 16-23 AGO 2013. Proyecto ZADBI . Malaise trap #1, ZADBI-1092. -84:00:57 10:02:58 #107693. INB0004447715 (1F: MNCR) .

Comments. This species was originally described from Costa Rica and later found in many Neotropical countries. Its yellow antennae (Fig. 20) differentiate this species from most other Neotropical Calycomyza, except C. punctata Sasakawa (1992d) from Peru, but this later species has completely yellow fronto-orbital plate (black in C. meridiana). Spencer (1963) mentioned that the notopleural area of C. meridiana appears brownish, but later described as being yellow (Spencer 1973b; Sasakawa 2005), as it is in the specimens examined (Fig. 20). The ejaculatory apodeme of this species was never illustrated before. It has a short and wide stalk with the blade only slightly wider than its base (Fig. 24).

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela.