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
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2
151
182
journal article
26369
10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.1
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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.