Ophiomyia beckeri (Hendel, 1923)

Guglya, Yu. A., 2014, Mining Flies Of The Genus Ophiomyia (Diptera, Agromyzidae) Of Eastern Ukraine And Adjacent Territories: Review Of The Species Without A Fasciculus, Vestnik Zoologii (Vestn. Zool.) 48 (1), pp. 51-66 : 54

Ophiomyia beckeri (Hendel, 1923) (fig. 12–17)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Kharkiv, centre, 09.08.2011, 1 ♀ ; Kharkiv, mines with larva on Sonchus sp. , 26.05.2013, 03, 09.06.2013 — imago, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; Pyatykhatki, 10.06.2010, 1 ♂; Petrivske , 22.05.2011, 03– 04.07.2010, 03.05.3013 and 11.08.2013, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ ; near Kuzemin , 13.08.2011, 1 ♀ ; near Rubizhne , 17.08.2013, 1 ♀ ; near Vakalovshchina , 16.06.2010, 1 ♀ ; near Timchenki , 06.06.2010, 1 ♀ ; Stara Pokrovka , 12.06.2012, 1 ♀ ; near Kuripchine , 27.06.2010, 1 ♀ .

R e d e s c r i p t i o n. Head (fig. 12, 13, 15). Orbit not projected above eye in profile; 2 orb s, 2 fr s; 2nd fr s, 1st and 2nd orb s equidistant, and between 1st and 2nd fr s distance twice more; frorb sta short, reclinate and slightly incurved, with a few in area of orb s proclinate; facial keel lacking; lunule oval, with upper margin slightly tapered medially; ocellar triangle matt anteriorly, reaching level of 1st orb s; frons with distinct medial longitudinal line; vibrissa present and equal in both sexes; maximal height of eye 6.0 × maximal height of gena.

Wing. Costa reaching M; last and penultimate sections of M equal; calypter and fringe grey; margin black. Length of wing 2.1 mm.

Mesonotum black, shining (anterior view); 2 dc; ac 2 nearest to sctsctl sut and 6 at level of 2nd dc; halter and legs black.

Male genitalia (fig. 14). Phallus 0.24 mm long. Basiphallus V-shaped in lateral view and G-shaped in dorsal view, reaching 0.15 length of distiphallus and distal margin of endophallus. Distiphallus 1.2× as long as basiphallus.

Female terminalia (fig. 16, 17). Both spermathecae equal, oval, length 1.4× width at widest part. Proximal and ventral margins of egg guide with sharp, well-marked, posteriorly directed teeth. Membrane of medial margin with dark scales in 1–3 irregular rows.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Widespread in Europe, more common in Mediterranean region, also in South Africa, India ( Spencer, 1976), Turkey ( Civelek et al., 2009), Lithuania, Kaliningrad Region of Russia ( Pakalniškis, 1994), Ukraine ( Guglya, 2011, 2012).

H o s t p l a n t. Asteraceae ( Crepis spp. , Hypochoeris spp. , Leontodon spp. , Picris spp. , Sonchus spp. , Taraxacum spp. ) ( Spencer, 1976).

B i o n o m i c s. Larva feeding in serpentine leaf mine. Pupation taking place inside of leaf ( Spencer, 1976).