Acidogona melanura (Loew)

Norrbom, Allen L., Sutton, Bruce D., Steck, Gary J. & Monzón, José, 2010, New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398, Zootaxa 2398, pp. 1-65 : 6

Acidogona melanura (Loew)

Distribution. The following are new records or indicate the basis for some of the distribution points on map 1 of Foote et al. (1993) or the range listed for this species by Norrbom et al. (1999). The records from Alabama and Oklahoma extended the known distribution of this species considerably westward. Those from Georgia and New York are the first records from those states. The locality in Quebec (the site of Frank McAlpine’s cottage) is north of Ottawa (Jeff Cumming, pers. comm.), not opposite James Bay as indicated on the Foote et al. map, thus this species is not known to occur so far to the north as is indicated on the map. The outlying distribution points for Euaresta bella (Loew) (map 14), Jamesomyia geminata (Loew) (map 31), and Paramyiolia nigricornis (Doane) (map 32) are also based on misplotted dots for this locality.

A single very teneral male from Chihuahua (AMNH collection), the only specimen of Acidogona known from northern Mexico, is similar to A. melanura , but its identity remains uncertain.

Material examined. CANADA: Quebec: Duncan Lake, nr. Rupert [45°41'N 75°59'W], 1 Aug 1969, J. F. McAlpine, 1♀ ( CNC) . UNITED STATES: Alabama: Mobile Co., Kushla , 7–19 Oct 1922, A. H. Sturtevant, 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00212920 ) . Georgia: Midway , 14 Jun 1954, D. L. Haynes, 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00212923 ) . New York: Long Island, Cold Spring Harbor , 14 Jul 1927, A. L. Melander, 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00212919 ) . Oklahoma: Latimer Co., [unspecified locality], Jun 1986, K. Stephan, 1♀ ( FSCA USNMENT00212922 ) ; same, Jun 1987, 1♀ ( FSCA USNMENT00212921 ) .