Melanagromyza buccalis Spencer

Eiseman, Charles S. & Lonsdale, Owen, 2018, New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species, Zootaxa 4479 (1), pp. 1-156 : 17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997644

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287EF-FFB0-E45A-A8E5-512B4435FACE

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scientific name

Melanagromyza buccalis Spencer
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Melanagromyza buccalis Spencer View in CoL

( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7–11. 7 )

Material examined. MASSACHUSETTS: Franklin Co., Northfield , 276 Old Wendell Rd. , 20.viii.2016, mating on Erigeron annuus , #CSE2916, CNC654071 View Materials , CNC654072 View Materials (1♂ 1♀).

Hosts. A California specimen was reared from an unspecified legume ( Fabaceae ) ( Shi & Gaimari 2015). Several collection records suggest an association with Asteraceae , beyond the pair we found mating on a receptacle of Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7–11. 7 ). A long series was caught on Salix eastwoodiae Cockerell ex A. Heller (Salicaceae) but believed to be associated with Arnica L. growing beneath the willow trees ( Spencer 1981). Other California specimens have been collected on “ Chrysanthemum ” and Dahlia Cav. (Asteraceae) , as well as on an unspecified Salix , Hydrangea L. ( Hydrangeaceae ), Rosa L. ( Rosaceae ) and Citrus L. ( Rutaceae ) ( Shi & Gaimari 2015).

Larval biology. Unknown; most Melanagromyza species are stem borers, with others feeding in seedheads.

Distribution. USA: AZ, CA, CO, *MA, MD, MO, NY, VA; Canada: ON, QC ( Shi & Gaimari 2015).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

SubFamily

Agromyzinae

Genus

Melanagromyza

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