Aulagromyza populicola (Walker)

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 : 27

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:93C84828-6EEF-4758-BEA1-97EEEF115245

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997680

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D287EF-FFBA-E450-A8E5-53D84574FBD2

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Plazi

scientific name

Aulagromyza populicola (Walker)
status

 

Aulagromyza populicola (Walker) View in CoL

( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 97–108 )

Material examined. OKLAHOMA: Payne Co., Mehan, 36.014339° N, 96.996744° W, 3.vii.2016, em. 17.vii.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Populus deltoides , #CSE3044, CNC 653999 (1♀); 19.vi.2017, em. by 10.vii.2017, M.W. Palmer, ex Populus deltoides , #CSE3943, CNC 939893 (1♀).

Hosts. Salicaceae : Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall ; other Populus spp. in Europe.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 97–108 ) According to Spencer (1969) and Ellis (2017), in Europe this species forms an irregular, greenish, upper surface blotch mine, which may be elongated but never obviously linear. The exit slit is said to be unusually long, from half to almost three quarters of a circle. The two mines found in Oklahoma were each whitish and distinctly linear, widening to an irregular, elongate blotch 5–6 mm wide. The frass was deposited in discrete black grains, rather sparsely in the wider portion of the mine.

Puparium. Formed outside the mine according to Spencer (1969) and Ellis (2017). In both of our examples, the dark brown puparium was formed within the mine.

Distribution. * USA: OK; Canada: ON; Europe.

Comments. While our female adults are consistent with Aulagromyza populicola , it would be desirable for male specimens to be obtained from the Oklahoma population to confirm that it is conspecific with those in Canada and Europe, due to the differences in mine characteristics and pupation site noted above.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

SubFamily

Phytomyzinae

Genus

Aulagromyza

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