Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil Author Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago Author Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro Author Esposito, Maria Cristina text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-28 4624 2 151 182 journal article 26369 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1 fbe3031c-52b8-406a-8095-82cb9e53add0 1175-5326 3259200 A0A2E6C2-6456-4F99-A3CE-1958A271E1A4 Melanagromyza minimoides Spencer, 1966 Melanagromyza minimoides Spencer, 1966: 13 ; Spencer, 1973b: 20 ; Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 45 ; Spencer et al. , 1992: 258 ; Braun et al. , 2008: 98 ; Shi & Gaimari, 2015: 51 . Melanagromyza radicicola , Steyskal, 1980: 40 . Syn. Spencer, 1990: 397 . Diagnosis. Wing length 1.9–2.2 mm . Mesonotum blackish-green, slightly shining; abdomen greenish; females with ovipositor slightly elongated; calypter greyish, margin blackish-brown, fringe-blackish brown. Aedeagus (Fig. 86 and 87 in Spencer & Stegmaier 1973 ): basiphallus U-shaped, slightly sclerotized; distiphallus elliptic, short, with long apical tubule terminating in a pigmented spot, with a short gap between the basiphallus and the distiphallus; hypandrium with apodeme. Host-plants. Cucurbitaceae— Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth. Urticaceae— Urtica dioica L.; Asteraceae— Helianthus annuus L., Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. F. ex A. Gray , Verbesina virginica L., Symphyotrichum simmondsii (Small) G.L. Nesom , Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC., Helenium nudiflorum Raf. , Melanthera deltoidea Michx. , Rudbeckia laciniate L., Bidens gardneri Baker , Tilesia baccata (L.) Pruski, and species of Heliopsis Pers. and Viguiera Kunth ( Spencer 1990 ) . Distribution. Argentina , Brazil , Guadeloupe , Guyanas, USA , Venezuela . Material examined. Brazil , Pará state , Salvaterra : 0º47′03.8″S , 48º38′08.8″W , 11-III-93 , M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaves of Asteraceae sp. ( 9 ♂ ); same location, 11-III-93 , M.C. Esposito [collector], ex leaves of As- teraceae sp. ( 8 ♀ ) . Comments. Melanagromyza minimoides is similar to M. minima ; however, these species can be differentiated by the shape of the distiphallus and by the distance between the basiphallus and the distiphallus.