Aulagromyza sp. A

Ebejer, Martin J., 2021, The leaf-mining flies of the family Agromyzidae of the Maltese Islands are revisited and updated with new data and records (Diptera: Brachycera, Acalyptrata), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1), pp. 93-104 : 96

Aulagromyza sp. A

Material examined: 2♀♀, Malta: Ghadira , 17 Apr 1992 (and 2♀♀, Israel: Tel Aviv, 26 Mar 2000) .

A large species that is possibly undescribed but males are required for a positive identification or description. These four females have the frons projecting significantly above and in front of the eye; gena as deep as the vertical diameter of the eye. Head yellow and with a broad yellow postocular margin; occiput black. Pleura with wide yellow borders to the dark grey markings on the sclerites; scutum with 2+5 dorsocentrals, acrostichals in 4 rows and three broad black vittae (ground colour) covered with pale grey pollinosity, these do not reach the entirely yellow scutellum. Wing, milky white with very pale veins; costa extending about 1/3 of the way between R4+5 and M; wing apex between these veins but closer to M; discal cell absent; squama and fringe white; legs are pale yellow except for minor brown irregular striations on femora.