Melanagromyza nartshukae Pakalniškis, 1996

Guglya, Yu., 2020, Mining Flies Of The Subfamily Agromyzinae (Diptera, Agromyzidae) Of Ukrainian Transcarpathia, With The Description Of Three New Species, Zoodiversity 54 (6), pp. 453-478 : 457-458

* Melanagromyza nartshukae Pakalniškis, 1996 ( figs 2–9 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Plishka Mt., 6.05.2018, 3 ♂.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. This species was previously known only from the original Lithuanian type series, consisting of five males caught from 28 May to 22 June ( Pakalniškis, 1996). In Ukraine. Transcarpathia (first record).

Bionomics. Extremely rare species. In Transcarpathia, adults were collected by sweeping on a high motley grass clearing. Host specialization unknown.

C o m m e n t s. The original description of this species included figures only of the phallus in lateral and ventral views. Illustrations of the head, and more complete illustrations of the male genitalia are provided here ( figs 2–9 ).

Figures

Figs 2–9. Melanagromyza nartshukae Pakalniškis: 2, 3 — male head; 4 — wing; 5 — phallus (ventral view); 6 — phallus (lateral view); 7 — epandrium and hypandrium (ventral view); 8 — hypandrium (lateral view); 9 — ejaculatory apodeme.