Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931

Kato, Makoto, Yamamori, Luna & Imada, Yume, 2022, Diversity underfoot of agromyzids (Agromyzidae, Diptera) mining thalli of liverworts and hornworts, ZooKeys 1133, pp. 1-164 : 1

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Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931

Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931: 203 [as subgenus of Liriomyza ]. Type species: Agromyza perpusilla Meigen 1830: 181, by monotypy. Frick 1952: 410, 1959: 413; Spencer 1969: 201; Spencer and Steyskal 1986 b: 151; Papp and Černý 2017: 313; Londsale 2021: 376.

Xyraeomyia Frick, 1952: 412. Type species: Xyraeomyia conjuctimontis Frick 1952: 413, by original designation. Spencer 1965 [synonymy].

Pteridomyza Nowakowski, 1962: 97. Type species: Agromyza hilarella Zetterstedt 1848: 2776, by original designation. von Tschirnhaus 1971 [synonymy]. Manual of North American Agromyzidae 377.

Lemurimyza Spencer, 1965: 26. Type species: Liriomyza enormis Spencer 1963 c: 114, by original designation. von Tschirnhaus 1971 [synonymy].

Nesomyza Spencer in Spencer and Stegmaier 1973: 190. Type species: Nesomyza fusculoides Spencer in Spencer and Stegmaier 1973: 190, by original designation. Spencer 1973 [synonymy].

Diagnosis.

Head: Head yellow, frons often with pruinosity. Orbital plates more or less emerge from the plane of frons. Front orbitals three pairs; one ori directed inward and two ors directed up. 1-2(3) pairs of medio-clinate lower orbital setae, two pairs of reclinate upper orbital setae. Orbital setulae proclinate, upright or partly reclinate. Postocellar and ocellar setae well developed. First flagellomere round.

Thorax: Scutum with 1+3 dorsocentrals. Acrostichal setulae in two rows, but lacking in some species. Postpronotal, two propleural, presutural, and propleural setae normal or strong. Anepisternum with a long posterior seta and with two or three shorter posterior setae. Katepisternum with one or two long setae. Legs simple, only ventroapical seta on middle tibia present. Costal vein ends at apex of M1. The ratio of ultimate and penultimate sections of M4 various.

Abdomen: Male abdomen lacks stridulatory organs.

Male genitalia: Epandrium round apically, often with a comb of several fused tubercle-like setae and/or elongated tubercle-like setae on the inner surface; surstylus setigerous and sometimes with one or a few tubercle-like setae. Subepandrial sclerite short but very broad, connecting bases of surstyli through a special sclerite. Hypandrium very long but very thin. Hypophallus membranous often with a pair of parallel sclerites medially. Paraphallus present or absent. Mesophallus cylindrical and well sclerotized. Distiphallus with basal part formed by usually a paired sclerite and an apical part, which terminates in paired tubes or in extremely long less sclerotized tubules. Ejaculatory apodeme variable, but basal part usually broad and blade not too large.

Female postabdomen: Tergite 10 trifurcate or cruciform posteriorly. Cercus with two stout, apical, trichoid sensilla.

Classification of Phytoliriomyza species associated with bryophytes

The morphological characteristics of the species associated with bryophytes coincided with the characteristics unique to the genus Phytoliriomyza . In addition to these characteristics of adult males, we found characteristics of adult females unique to the bryophyte-associated species, in which tergite 10 was trifurcate or cruciform and each cercus bears two stout, apical, trichoid sensilla.

All the species associated with bryophytes are distinguished by color of antenna, color of maxillary palpus, color pattern of scutum and morphology of male genitalia. Colors of 1st flagellomere of antenna and maxillary palpus are dark or yellow, and unique to each species. Scutum was yellow or dark, and the yellow scutum often had three pairs of dark longitudinal stripes: medial stripes on anterior 2/3 (always merged together except in one species), intra-alar stripes (inner lateral stripes) and supra-alar stripes (outer lateral stripes) on anterior 4/5. In some species, the intra-alar stripe and the supra-alar stripe are merged together to shape a wide band, and often merged with the medial stripe. The color pattern of scutum is unique to each species at least among the species sharing the same host bryophyte genus. Although some species are very similar in external morphology, they could be clearly distinguished by the number of tubercle-like setae in a comb on the male epandrium and other male genital morphological characters.

The 39 recorded Phytoliriomyza species can be classified into four groups ( Phytoliriomyza phaeocerotis group, Phytoliriomyza mesnili group, Phytoliriomyza alpicola group, and Phytoliriomyza dorsata group) based on presumed synapomorphy of the following characteristics: distribution of acrostichal setulae on scutum, morphology of epandrium and distiphallus of male genitalia, and color of legs. By assessing the morphological characteristics of the Phytoliriomyza species (Table 3 View Table 3 ), we obtained a key to species as follows.

Key to the Japanese Phytoliriomyza

1 Acrostichal setulae vestigial, at most 4 pairs in 2 rows (Fig. 74D View Figure 74 ); male epandrium with convex inner ventral margin (Fig. 74I View Figure 74 ); distal end of distiphallus tapering out (Fig. 74G View Figure 74 ); small species with wing length ranging from 1.1 to 1.8 mm 2
- Acrostichal setulae at least 5 pairs in 2 (or rarely 4) rows (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ); male epandrium with concave inner ventral margin (Fig. 1J View Figure 1 ); distal end of distiphallus truncated (Fig. 1H View Figure 1 ); small to large species with wing length ranging from 1.3 and 2.9 mm 8
2 Surstylus small, lobate, not elongated, not setose apically (Fig. 74I View Figure 74 ) 3 [ Phytoliriomyza phaeocerotis -group: associated with hornworts]
- Surstylus large, elongated, setose apically (Fig. 63K View Figure 63 ) 5 [ Phytoliriomyza mesnili -group: associated with Riccia and Asterella ]
3 Legs dark brown (Fig. 72A View Figure 72 ); epandrium with a comb of tubercle-like setae (Fig. 72H View Figure 72 ); distiphallus shorter than phallapodeme (Fig. 72G View Figure 72 ) Phytoliriomyza megacerotis [host: Megaceros ]
- Legs yellow or brownish yellow (Fig. 74A View Figure 74 ); epandrium without a comb of tubercle-like setae (Fig. 74I View Figure 74 ); distiphallus longer than phallapodeme (Fig. 74G View Figure 74 ) 4
4 1st flagellomere and haltere yellow (Fig. 70B View Figure 70 ); scutellum dark brown, medially with a yellow patch (Fig. 70D View Figure 70 ) P. foliocerotis [host: Folioceros ]
- 1st flagellomere and haltere dark (Fig. 74B View Figure 74 ); scutellum wholly gray (Fig. 74D View Figure 74 ) P. phaeocerotis [host: Phaeoceros , Notothylas , Anthoceros ]
5 Maxillary palpus dark-colored (Fig. 63C View Figure 63 ); legs yellow (Fig. 63A View Figure 63 ); scutum yellowish gray with dark intra-alar and supra-alar stripes (Fig. 63D View Figure 63 ) P. ricciae [host: Riccia ]
- Maxillary palpus yellow (Fig. 68F View Figure 68 ); legs dark-colored (Fig. 68A View Figure 68 ); scutum completely gray or gray with longitudinal dark stripes (Fig. 66I View Figure 66 ) 6
6 Scutum completely gray (Fig. 21D View Figure 21 ); acrostichal setula absent (Fig. 21D View Figure 21 ) P. iriomotensis [host: Asterella ]
- Scutum bluish gray with longitudinal dark stripes (Fig. 66I View Figure 66 ); acrostichal setulae 1-4 pairs in two rows (Fig. 66I View Figure 66 ) 7
7 Scutum with 3 pairs of longitudinal dark gray stripes (Fig. 66I View Figure 66 ); epandrium with a dense cluster of short tubercle-like setae at inner margin (Fig. 66L View Figure 66 ) P. sexfasciata [host: Riccia ]
- Scutum with a medial stripe and a pair of lateral longitudinal dark gray stripes (Fig. 68I View Figure 68 ); epandrium with 3 strong tubercle-like setae at inner margin (Fig. 68N View Figure 68 ) P. caerulescens [host: Riccia ]
8 Legs dark-colored (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ); scutum uniformly dark-colored (Fig. 56 D View Figure 56 ) 9 [ Phytoliriomyza alpicola group]
- Legs yellow (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ); scutum yellow with or without longitudinal lateral stripes (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ); if scutum dark-colored, arista yellow (Fig. 44D, F View Figure 44 ) 18 [ Phytoliriomyza dorsata group]
9 Haltere yellow (Fig. 10E View Figure 10 ) 10
- Haltere dark-colored (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ) 12
10 Maxillary palpus yellow (Fig. 8C View Figure 8 ); wing length <2 mm P. nubatama [host: Marchantia ]
- Maxillary palpus dark-colored (Fig. 10B View Figure 10 ); wing length> 2 mm 11
11 Pleuron with ventral half dark-colored (Fig. 10B View Figure 10 ); surstylus with 1 tubercle-like seta (Fig. 10K View Figure 10 ) P. dumortierae [host: Dumortiera ]
- Pleuron wholly yellow (Fig. 35B View Figure 35 ); surstylus with 2 tubercle-like setae (Fig. 35I View Figure 35 ) P. wiesnerellae [host: Wiesnerella ]
12 Scutellum wholly gray (Fig. 62D View Figure 62 ) P. suetsugui [host: Conocephalum ]
- Scutellum wholly yellow or at least partly yellow (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ) 13
13 Pedicel of antenna yellow (Fig. 5C View Figure 5 ); scutum completely dark gray (Fig. 5D View Figure 5 ); male surstylus basally with a hypertrophied columnar arm, bearing tubercle-like seta apically (Fig. 5I View Figure 5 ) P. tsukuyomi [host: Marchantia ]
- Pedicel of antenna brown (Fig. 56C View Figure 56 ); scutum dark gray except for posterior margin or mid-posterior area (Figs 56D View Figure 56 , 58D View Figure 58 ); male surstylus lacking a hypertrophied columnar arm (Fig. 5I View Figure 5 ) 14
14 Legs dark brown (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ); Scutum dark gray with posterior margin yellow (Fig. 56D View Figure 56 ) P. alpicola [host: Conocephalum ]
- Legs yellowish brown (Fig. 58B View Figure 58 ); scutum dark gray with a semicircular yellow patch at mid posterior area (Fig. 58D View Figure 58 ) 15
15 Male surstylus lacking tubercle-like seta (Fig. 6I View Figure 6 ); epandrium lacking an anteriorly directed tubercle-like seta on inner-lateral surface (Fig. 6I View Figure 6 ) 16
- Male surstylus with 1 or 2 tubercle-like setae (Fig. 59K View Figure 59 ); epandrium with an anteriorly directed tubercle-like seta on inner-lateral surface (Fig. 59K View Figure 59 ) 17
16 Male epandrium with a comb comprising 8 basally fused, long, tubercle-like setae (Fig. 6I View Figure 6 ); epandrium with one tubercle-like seta at inner-lateral margin (Fig. 6G View Figure 6 ) P. marchantiae [host: Marchantia ]
- Male epandrium with a comb comprising 7 basally fused, long, tubercle-like setae (Fig. 33J View Figure 33 ); epandrium with 1 tubercle-like seta at inner-posterior margin (Fig. 33H View Figure 33 ) P. rebouliae [host: Reboulia ]
17 Male epandrium with a comb comprising 5 or 6 basally fused, long, tubercle-like setae (Fig. 59I View Figure 59 ); Surstylus with 2 tubercle-like setae (Fig. 59K View Figure 59 ) P. conocephali [host: Conocephalum ]
- Male epandrium with a comb comprising 7 basally fused long tubercle-like setae (Fig. 58I View Figure 58 ); surstylus with 1 tubercle-like seta (Fig. 58I View Figure 58 ) P. lanternaria [host: Conocephalum ]
18 Scutum and scutellum gray (Fig. 44D View Figure 44 ); arista yellow (Fig. 44F View Figure 44 ) P. ugetsu [host: Conocephalum ]
- Scutum yellow at least in part, and scutellum yellow (Fig. 44D View Figure 44 ); arista black (Fig. 44F View Figure 44 ) 19
19 Scutum wholly yellow, lacking dark stripes (Fig. 49D View Figure 49 ) 20
- Scutum yellow, with 1 or 2 pairs of dark longitudinal stripes (Fig. 49D View Figure 49 ) 21
20 1st flagellomere black (Fig. 51B View Figure 51 ); tubercle-like seta on inner surface of epandrium 1.5 × as long as the seta of a comb (Fig. 51I View Figure 51 ) P. luteola [host: Conocephalum ]
- 1st flagellomere yellow (Fig. 52B View Figure 52 ); tubercle-like seta on inner surface of epandrium as long as the seta of a comb (Fig. 52I View Figure 52 ) P. helva [host: Conocephalum ]
21 Scutum lacking a medial dark stripe, but with brown unfused intra-alar and supra-alar stripes (Fig. 49D View Figure 49 ) P. pallidofasciata [host: Conocephalum ]
- Scutum with a medial dark stripe (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ) 22
22 Intra-alar and supra-alar stripes of scutum separate and unfused (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ) 23
- Intra-alar and supra-alar stripes of scutum fused, forming a pair of wide bands (Fig. 3D View Figure 3 ) 29
23 Scutum subglossy with pruinosity; intra-alar and supra-alar stipes with similar thickness (Fig. 46B View Figure 46 ); acrostichal setulae in 2 rows (Fig. 46B View Figure 46 ) 24
- Scutum glossy; supra-alar stipe is pale and indistinct (Fig. 54D View Figure 54 ); acrostichal setulae in 4 rows (Fig. 54D View Figure 54 ) P. bifasciata [host: Conocephalum ]
24 Intra-alar stripes not confluent with a pair of lateral presutural dark ovoid spots (Fig. 46B View Figure 46 ); 1st flagellomere yellow in male, black in female (Fig. 46A, D View Figure 46 ) P. nigroflava [host: Conocephalum ]
- Intra-alar stripes adjoining and confluent with 1 pair of lateral presutural dark ovoid spots (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ); 1st flagellomere yellow or black, same in both sexes 25
25 1st flagellomere yellow (Fig. 24B View Figure 24 ) 26
- 1st flagellomere black (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ) 28
26 Intra-alar stripes and lateral presutural dark ovoid spots with silvery pruinosity (Fig. 24D View Figure 24 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 4 or 5 tubercle-like setae (Fig. 24H View Figure 24 P. argentifasciata [host: Reboulia ]
- Intra-alar stripes and lateral presutural dark ovoid spots without silvery pruinosity (Fig. 27D View Figure 27 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 6 tubercle-like setae (Fig. 27I View Figure 27 ) 27
27 Male epandrium with an extremely elongated arm, bearing 2, dark, ventrally curved, tubercle-like setae borne at wide angle (Fig. 27H View Figure 27 ); surstylus lobate, setose apically, with 1 short tubercle-like seta subapically (Fig. 27K View Figure 27 ) P. longifurcae [host: Reboulia ]
- Male epandrium with a basally enlarged, slightly flattened hypertrophied arm, which bears a dark laterally enlarged tubercle-like seta (Fig. 18G View Figure 18 ); surstylus narrow, bare, with 1 long tubercle-like seta apically (Fig. 18G View Figure 18 ) P. calcicola [host: Plagiochasma ]
28 Scutellum yellow with lateral margins dark-colored (Fig. 1D View Figure 1 ); surstylus with 2 tubercle-like setae (Fig. 1J View Figure 1 ) P. dorsata [host: Marchantia ]
- Scutellum wholly yellow (Fig. 48D View Figure 48 ); surstylus with 1 tubercle-like seta (Fig. 48I View Figure 48 ) P. brunofasciata [host: Conocephalum ]
29 1st flagellomere black (Fig. 37C View Figure 37 ); male epandrium with a comb of tubercle-like setae (Fig. 37I View Figure 37 ) 30
- 1st flagellomere yellow (Fig. 14B View Figure 14 ); male epandrium lacking a comb of tubercle-like setae (Fig. 14K View Figure 14 ) 36
30 Scutellum brownish yellow, tergite of abdomen brown (Fig. 13D View Figure 13 ); haltere brown (Fig. 13D View Figure 13 ); wing length <1.8 mm P. crepusculum [host: Dumortiera ]
- Scutellum yellow, tergite of abdomen yellow (Fig. 47D View Figure 47 ); haltere yellow (Fig. 47D View Figure 47 ); wing length> 1.9 mm 31
31 Lateral fused band of scutum reaching just before scutellum (Fig. 22D View Figure 22 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 3 or 4 fused long tubercle-like setae, and with an enlarged arm bearing a strong tubercle-like seta (Fig. 22J View Figure 22 ) P. cometiformis [host: Reboulia ]
- Lateral fused band of scutum ending at anterior 7/8 length of scutum before scutellum (Fig. 37D View Figure 37 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 7-12 fused long tubercle-like setae (Fig. 37I View Figure 37 ) 32
32 Medial stripe of scutum not confluent with the lateral fused band, and the 2 bands are delimited by a yellow line (Fig. 37D View Figure 37 ); yellow patch ranging from posterior scutum to scutellum well-defined (Fig. 37D View Figure 37 ); male epandrium with 1 pair of tubercle setae at posterior end on inner margin (Fig. 37G View Figure 37 ) 33
- Medial stripe of scutum confluent with the lateral fused band (Fig. 43D View Figure 43 ); yellow patch ranging from posterior scutum to scutellum oblong and ill-defined (Fig. 43D View Figure 43 ); male epandrium with 1 pair of tubercle setae on subposterior inner margin (Fig. 43G View Figure 43 ) 34
33 Scutellum wholly yellow (Fig. 37D View Figure 37 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 7 or 8 fused tubercle-like setae (Fig. 37I View Figure 37 ) P. luna [host: Conocephalum ]
- Scutellum yellow with lateral margins darkened (Fig. 40D View Figure 40 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 9-12 fused tubercle-like setae (Fig. 40J View Figure 40 ) P. izayoi [host: Conocephalum ]
34 Abdomen dorsally with a pair of brown lateral semicircular patches on anterior half of the 2nd tergite (Fig. 3E View Figure 3 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 5 fused tubercle-like setae (Fig. 3I View Figure 3 ) P. igniculus [host: Marchantia ]
- Abdomen dorsally without dark patches on tergites (Fig. 42B View Figure 42 ); male epandrium with a comb comprising 6-8 fused tubercle-like setae (Fig. 42J View Figure 42 ) 35
35 Male epandrium with a comb comprising 6 fused tubercle-like setae (Fig. 42J View Figure 42 ) P. chichibuensis [host: Conocephalum ]
- Male epandrium with a comb comprising 8 fused tubercle-like setae (Fig. 43I View Figure 43 ) P. caliginosa [host: Conocephalum ]
36 Yellow patch of midposterior scutum darkened and ill-defined (Fig. 32D View Figure 32 ); Tergite of abdomen brownish yellow (Fig. 32E View Figure 32 ) P. aratriformis [host: Conocephalum ]
- Yellow patch of midposterior scutum rectangular and well-defined (Fig. 14D View Figure 14 ); Tergite of abdomen yellow (Fig. 14E View Figure 14 ) 37
37 Male epandrium with a pair of elongated, hypertrophied arms, each bearing a tubercle-like seta apically (Fig. 14K View Figure 14 ) 38
- Male epandrium without a pair of elongated, hypertrophied arms (Fig. 17I View Figure 17 ) P. plagiochasmatos [host: Plagiochasma ]
38 Hypertrophied arm on male epandrium strongly curved outward (Fig. 14K View Figure 14 ) P. arcus [host: Plagiochasma ]
- Hypertrophied arm on male epandrium protruded forward (Fig. 29I View Figure 29 ) P. falcata [host: Reboulia ]

Taxonomy

We describe 39 Phytoliriomyza species in order of phylogenetic position of their host plants (as shown in Tables 1 View Table 1 and 2 View Table 2 ), focusing on morphological characteristics, geographical variation, host-plant records, and life history of each species.

Species associated with Marchantia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Anthocerotophyta

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Loc

Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931

Kato, Makoto, Yamamori, Luna & Imada, Yume 2022
2022
Loc

Nesomyza

Spencer 1973
1973
Loc

Nesomyza fusculoides

Spencer 1973
1973
Loc

Lemurimyza

Spencer 1965
1965
Loc

Liriomyza enormis

Spencer 1963
1963
Loc

Pteridomyza

Nomwakowski 1962
1962
Loc

Xyraeomyia

Frick 1952
1952
Loc

Phytoliriomyza

Hendel 1931
1931
Loc

Agromyza hilarella

Zetterstedt 1848
1848
Loc

Agromyza perpusilla

Meigen 1830
1830