Melanagromyza floridensis Spencer, 1963

Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago, Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro & Esposito, Maria Cristina, 2019, Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil, Zootaxa 4624 (2), pp. 151-182 : 155

Melanagromyza floridensis Spencer, 1963

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Melanagromyza floridensis Spencer, 1963: 312 ; 1973b: 17; Spencer & Stegmaier, 1973: 37; Etienne & Martinez, 2003: 259; 2013, 479.

Diagnosis. Wing length 2.2 mm. Mesonotum greenish; mid tibia with two distinct lateral setae; abdomen greenish; calypter whitish, fringe white. Aedeagus (Fig. 5 and 6): basiphallus elongated, asymmetric, sclerotized only in one of the sides; distiphallus falciform, up-curving in apex; hypandrium with apodeme.

Host-plants. Fabaceae— Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC., Desmodium incanum (J.F.Gmel.) Sching & Thellung ( Etienne & Martinez 2013).

Distribution. Bahamas, * Brazil, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Saint-Martin, USA, Venezuela.

Material examined. Brazil, Pará state, Paragominas: Hydro Paragominas—Mina de Bauxita , 3º14′58.4″S, 47º44′13.6″W, 30-XI-2017, N. Monteiro [collector] (2 ♂) .

Comments. According to Spencer & Stegmaier (1973), this species is similar to Melanagromyza floris Spencer , and is differentiated primarily by the more pilose arista present in M. floridensis . Male genitalia of M. floridensis are also an important feature that helps differentiate this species from the others. The only host-plants of this species belong to the genus Desmodium Desv ( Etienne & Martinez 2003).