Liriomyza richardii (Esposito & Prado, 1993)

Galiomyza richardii Esposito & Prado, 1993: 241

Diagnosis. Wing length 1.0– 1.2 mm. Head, face and antenna black; mesonotum and scutellum black; legs black; calypter yellowish, fringe yellowish. Aedeagus (Fig. 7–9 in Esposito & Prado 1993): basiphallus slightly sclerotized with extension distally; mesophallus short and globose; distiphallus cup-like, about twice length of mesophallus, enlarged in distal half, forming a pair of slender projections distally; epandrium with a pair of spines in the inner margin; surtylus with a spine apically.

Host-plant. Rubiaceae— Richardia brazilienses Gomes.

Distribution. Brazil.

Material examined. Brazil, Pará state, Belém: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), 1º26′10.4″S, 48º26′57.2″W, 08-II-1994, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♂) ; same loca- tion, 08-II-1994, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♀); same location, 19-X-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♀) ; same location, 19-X-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♂) ; same location, 18-III-1994, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♂) ; same location, 18-III-1994, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♀) ; same location, 09-XI-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Richardia brazilienses (♂) .

Comments. Among the Neotropical Liriomyza species with a predominantly black body, L. richardii can be easily differentiated by an entirely black antenna, while in the other species the first flagellomere is yellowish. Only L. richardii, L. morio (Brischke) and L. schmidti (Aldrich) have been recorded mining Rubiaceae species until now (Benavent-Corai et al. 2005).