AGROMYZIDAE

Papp, L., Merz, B. & Földvári, M., 2006, DIPTERA OF THAILAND A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (2), No. 2, pp. 97-269 : 194-195

AGROMYZIDAE

Seven spp. in five genera, Japanagromyza incisa SASAKAWA, 1963 (p. 28), Japanagromyza trientis SPENCER, 1962 (p. 667), Melanagromyza gressitti SASAKAWA, 1963 (p. 33), Melanagromyza yodai SASAKAWA, 1962 (p. 135), Cerodontha (C.) kirae SASAKAWA, 1962 (p. 137), Phytobia maai ( SPENCER, 1962) (p. 664) and Pseudonapomyza tibialis ( SASAKAWA, 1963) (p. 46) were described from Thailand in four original papers. Another five species, Melanagromyza metallica ( THOMSON, 1869) , Ophiomyia atralis ( SPENCER, 1961) , Amauromyza aliena ( MALLOCH, 1914) , Chromatomyia horticola ( GOUREAU, 1851) and Pseudonapomyza spicata ( MALLOCH, 1914) were described from elsewhere, but had been reported also from Thailand before the publication of the CDO (SPENCER 1977).

After 1977 SPENCER (1986) published a lengthy paper with “new species, revisionary notes and new records”. Namely, beside publishing new records, he described Melanagromyza eravanensis (p. 490), M. inthanonensis (p. 491), M. pasiae (p. 492), M. pasiensis (p. 492), Pseudonapomyza rampae (p. 504) and Tropicomyia pilosa (p. 494), as new spp. In addition, he designated a lectotype for Agromyza panici MALLOCH , proposed a synonymy for Pseudopomyza santokhi GARG, 1971 to P. atrata MALLOCH, 1914 and removed Cerodontha (Icteromyza) rishii GARG, 1971 from synonymy. All this was made on the basis of his studies on Thai agromyzids.

In 2004 we selected and pinned 96 specimens of a very species rich material, the expeditions in 2003 resulted in capturing 37 indiv. Unfortunately we did not have enough time to identify this difficult group of Diptera but we selected them into genera only. Our material is very diverse, indeed. We found at least 37 spp. of 14 genera as follow.

Agromyza spp. – 10 indiv. of 5 spp.

Japanagromyza spp. – sp. 1: 1 m: FSz03/18; sp. 2: 2 m: PF04/14/25.

Melanagromyza spp. – 77 indiv. of at least 6 spp.: sp. 1: short face, large lunule, short postocellars, white squamal fringe; sp. 2: as sp. 1, but with dark squamal fringe; sp. 3: as sp. 1, but long aristal hairs and long postocellars; sp. 4: low lunule, short intracrossvein section of wing, black squamal fringe; sp. 5: very large body, black fringe; sp. 6: large body, small ocellar triangle, white squamal fringe.

Ophiomyia spp. – sp. 1: 1 f: Mae Fang NP, pasture, 1. 11. 2004, No. 15, leg. A. OROSZ; sp. 2: 1 m: PF04/32.

Aulagromyza spp. – sp. 1: 1 f: PF04/27; sp. 2: 1 m: PF04/8, 1 m: Fang, Mae Fang N.P., Doi Pha Hom Pok, 22. 11. 2003, 2000m, along road and creek, leg. A. SZAPPANOS.

Cerodontha sp. – 2 m 1 f: FSz03/8.

Dizygomyza spp. – sp. 1: 1 m: FSz03/3 ( Vietnam); sp. 2: 1 m: PF04/29.

Icteromyza spp. – 10 indiv. of 3 spp. (plus 3 indiv. from Vietnam).

Phytobia sp. – 1 f: PF04/26.

Phytoliriomyza spp. – 14 indiv. of 4 spp.

Poemyza spp. – sp. 1: 1 m: FSz03/6; sp. 2: 2 m: PF04/22/25.

Pseudonapomyza spp. – 5 indiv. of 2 spp.

Genus et sp. aff. Liriomyza – 1 m: PF04/14. Strongly asymmetrical aedeagal complex , no stridulating mechanism.

? genus – 1 m: PF04/22. Black, grey microtomentose body. Head large, ± globular, frons bulging, orbits raised above plane of frons, large ocellar triangle, very small ocellars, lunule very large, vibrissae thin. 0 + 2 dorsocentral pairs, no presuturals. Ejaculatory apodeme with a cylindrical basal appendix.