Calycomyza bahamarum Spencer, 1973

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Calycomyza bahamarum Spencer, 1973

Figures 9–10, 20

Calycomyza bahamarum Spencer, 1973: 182 (in Spencer & Stegmaier 1973); Etienne & Martinez, 2003: 252.

Diagnosis. Wing length 1.65 mm. Fronto-orbital yellowish; face yellow; pedicel yellowish; legs completely brown; calypter whitish, fringe brownish. Aedeagus (Fig. 9 and 10): basiphallus slightly sclerotized, with a long extension distally; mesophallus enlarged basally; distiphallus forming two short tubules covered by a pair of plates.

Host-plant (Fig. 20). Verbenaceae—* Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl.

Distribution. Bahamas, * Brazil, Cuba.

Material examined. Brazil, Pará state, Belém: Parque Zoobotânico do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi ( MPEG), 1º27′09.9″S, 48º28′35.6″W, 04-II-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Stachytarpheta cayennensis (♂) ; same location, 04-II-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Stachytarpheta cayennensis (2 ♀) ; same loca- tion, 20-I-1993, M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaf of Stachytarpheta cayennensis (3 ♂).

Comments. Spencer & Stegmaier (1973) suggested that Calycomyza bahamarum is a leaf-miner of plants in the family Verbenaceae due to the similarity of its male genitalia with those of three other leaf miner species restricted to this plant family, namely: C. durante Spencer, C. lantanae (Frick) , and C. verbenae (Hering) . In the present study, C. bahamarum was observed to form mines on leaves of Stachytarpheta cayennensis , thus confirming its association with the Verbenaceae family.