Calycomyza hyptidis Spencer, 1966

Calycomyza hyptidis Spencer, 1966: 66; Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 74; Esposito, 1994: 114; Sousa & Couri, 2013: 211.

Diagnosis. Wing length 1.8–2.1 mm. Fronto-orbital yellowish, faintly darkened to upper fronto-orbital seta; face greyish in upper half, yellow below; pedicel black; leg brown, with apex of femur and base of tibia yellow in the fore leg; calypter greyish with margin black, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig. 177 and 178 in Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973): basiphallus moderately sclerotized, with a long extension distally; mesophallus wide basally, about same length as distiphallus; distiphallus strongly sclerotized, forming two tubes projecting upward.

Host-plants. Lamiaceae— Hyptis pectinate L., Hyptis capitate Jacq., Hyptis mutabilis (Rich.); Marsypianthes chamaedrys (Vahl.) Kuntze, Ocimum basilicum L., Salvia sp.

Distribution. Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, USA, Venezuela.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Pará state, Belém: Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), 1º27′13.8″S, 48º26′43.8″W, 30-XII-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Hyptis mutabilis (♂) ; same location, 30-XII-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Hyptis mutabilis (2 ♀) ; same location, 01-II-1994, M.C. Es- posito [collector], ex leaf of Marsypianthes chamaedrys (♂) ; same location, 01-II-1994, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Hyptis mutabilis (2 ♀) ; Parque Zoobotânico do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (MPEG), 1º27′09.9″S, 48º28′35.6″W, 23-IX-1992, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Marsypianthes chamaedrys (3 ♂) ; same location, 23-IX-1992, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Marsypianthes chamaedrys (8 ♀) .

Comments. Calycomyza hyptidis is an oligophagous species, associated with several Lamiaceae genera. Larvae form irregular, star-shaped mines, with frass deposited in the center. Adults can be easily differentiated from other species of this genus by the characteristic shape of the aedeagus.