Spencer, 1966: 18
Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 90
Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil
Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago
Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro
Esposito, Maria Cristina
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-28
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151
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Spencer, 1966
Spencer
1966
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Insecta
Agromyzidae
Calycomyza
Animalia
Diptera
18
169
Arthropoda
species
stegmaieri
Calycomyza stegmaieri Spencer, 1966: 18; Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 90.
Diagnosis.Wing length 1.6 mm. Fronto-orbital darkened in the upper half; face greyish-yellow; pedicel brown; legs brown, with apex of femur and base of tibia yellow in the fore leg; calypter yellowish with margin black, fringe black. Aedeagus (Fig. 24 and 25): basiphallus slightly sclerotized with two extensions distally; mesophallus short, elliptic, with paired extension distally; quadrate sclerite present between mesophallus and distiphallus; distiphallus short, forming two cylindrical tubules swith paired extensions ventrally. Host-plants.Convolvulaceae— Ipomoea albaL., I. batatas(L.) Lam.
Distribution.* Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, USA.
Material examined.Universidade Federal do Pará( UFPA), 1º28′25.0″S, 48º27′20.7″W, 19-VI-2017, R.R. Bar- bosa [collector], ex leaf of Ipomoea batatas( ♂).
Comments. Calycomyza stegmaieriand C. ipomoensisare similar in their external morphology and in the shape of their mines, but there are major differences in the aedeagus, with C. stegmaierihaving a more elongated mesophallus, a smaller distiphallus, and a different shape to the distiphallus tubules.