Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luctuosa (Meigen)

Eiseman, Charles S. & Lonsdale, Owen, 2019, New State and Host Records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the Description of Ten New Species, Zootaxa 4661 (1), pp. 1-39 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8DF7EC6E-ECF2-4819-979E-0E26BDDC2B21
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5932536
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scientific name	Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luctuosa (Meigen)
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Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luctuosa (Meigen) View in CoL

Material examined. OKLAHOMA: Payne Co., Mehan , 36.014339° N, - 96.996744° W, 26.v.2017, em. 15– 18.vi.2017, M.W. Palmer, ex Juncus marginatus , #CSE3933, CNC939902 View Materials , 939903 View Materials (2♀) GoogleMaps .

Hosts. Juncaceae : Juncus * marginatus Rostk.

Leaf mine. A long, yellowish, interparenchymal mine, with the frass deposited in a single large lump. Up to three larvae may feed in a common mine ( Spencer & Steyskal 1986; Ellis 2018). M. Palmer (in litt.) noted that one of the adults exited through a hole 1 cm away from its puparium.

Puparium. Slender, brown; formed within the mine ( Spencer & Steyskal 1986; Ellis 2018).

Distribution. USA: AK, CA, CO, NY, * OK, OR, TX ( Boucher 2005), WA; Canada: NS ( Frick 1959), NT; Mexico ( Boucher 2005); Europe.

Comments. This is the first North American rearing record for Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) luctuosa .

References

Abbreviations

AK	Auckland War Memorial Museum
CA	Chicago Academy of Sciences
CO	Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
NY	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden
WA	University of Warsaw
NT	Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts