Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830)

Guglya, Yu., 2020, Mining Flies Of The Subfamily Agromyzinae (Diptera, Agromyzidae) Of Ukrainian Transcarpathia, With The Description Of Three New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (6), pp. 453-478 : 457

Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. “Skalka”, 7.05.2018, 1 ♂; 16 km NW Mukachevo, motley grass, 15.05.2017, 1 ♂, leg. V. V. Roshko; ibid., 12.08.2016, 1 ♂, leg. V. V. Roshko; ibid., 1– 4.09.2016, 3 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. V. V. Roshko; 4 km SSW Rakhiv Centre, motley grass on the slope, 14.06.2017, 3 ♂; ibid., 20.07.2017, 2 ♀; Shoimul Mt., motley grass on a slope, 15.06.2018, 3 ♂, 3 ♀; 2–4 km E Dilove, motley grass along Potik Bilyi, 15.06.2017, 1 ♀; ibid., 20.06.2018, 1 ♀; 5 km SEE Rakhiv, motley grass on a slope near the forest edge, 17– 18.06.2017, 4 ♂, 4 ♀; Kuzyi, clearing in a deciduous forest, 19.06.2018, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Bozdozkyi Park, 22.06.2018, 2 ♂; the River Uzh Bank, 22.06.2018, 1 ♂; Vorochovo, meadow, 24.06.2018, 1 ♀; Kamianytsia, 26.06.2018 and 14.07.2017, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Nova Stuzhytsa, 6.07.2019, 2 ♂, 1 ♀; “Skalka”, 14– 17.07.2017, 5 ♀; road to Antalovetska Polyana, ruderal motley grass near the road, 16.07.2017, 2 ♂, 3 ♂; 10 km N Shyrokyi Luh, wet motley grass, 18– 19.07.2017, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Krovysche Mt., meadow, 21.07.2017, 10 ♂, 9 ♂; 2 km SEE Rakhiv Centre, low grass meadow, 22.07.2017, 3 ♂, 3 ♀; Zamkova Hill, motley grass near the hospital, 23.07.2017, 9 ♂, 20 ♀; Velyatyn, wet shadowy motley grass on the left River Tisa Bank, 24.07.2017, 1 ♀; Kireshy, “Valley of Narcissi”, low motley grass, 25.07.2017, 5 ♂, 13 ♀; 10 km SE Luhy, motley grass, 12.08.2019, 2 ♂; Chynadiyovo, wet clearing, 18.08.2017, 1 ♂; Karpaty, motley grass under oak trees, 18.08.2017, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; “Kosynska Hora”, xerophytic clearing, 19.08.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “Muzhyivski Horby”, foothills, wet motley grass on semi-shaded path, 19.08.2017, 2 ♂, 10 ♀; Okli Hed, deciduous forest with Quercus and Caprinus , 19.08.2017, 1 ♂; Mukachevo, Latorytsa River bank, 20.08.2017, 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Kalvaria, ruderal motley grass, 21.08.2017, 1 ♀; road to Antalovetska Polyana, motley grass on the opening, 22.08.2017, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; 1.5 km E Velykyi Bereznyi, xerophytic clearing, 23.08.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Behendiatska Pastil, wet meadow, 23.08.2017, 1 ♀; Perechyn, wet motley grass along country road, 24.08.2017, 2 ♂, 2 ♀; 3 km NW Perechyn, 24.08.2017, 1 ♀; Horiany, motley grass, 25.08.2017, 5 ♂; 1 km E Kvasy, motley grass on a slope, 27.08.2018, 1 ♀; the River Uzh Bank, 19.09.2017, 4 ♂.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Known from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental Regions ( Papp & Černý, 2015). In Ukraine. Donetsk, Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy Regions ( Guglya, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 a, 2017); Transcarpathia (first record).

Bionomics. Most material collected in Ukrainian is from Transcarpathia, where this species in 2017 was numerous and common. This contrasts collection events at the same time in 2018 and 2019, where it was not seen to be numerous. Ukrainian collected material dates from 7 May to 26 September.