Tomoplagia stonei Aczél

Norrbom, Allen L., Sutton, Bruce D., Steck, Gary J. & Monzón, José, 2010, New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398, Zootaxa 2398, pp. 1-65 : 59

Tomoplagia stonei Aczél

Distribution. Previously known only from Panama. The records below from Guatemala and northeastern Mexico considerably extend the known distribution.

Biology. No host plants have been reported previously for this species. We reared it in Guatemala from flowerheads of Lycoseris crocata (Bertol.) S.F. Blake ( Asteraceae : Mutisieae ) ( Figs. 119–122). Tomoplagia species attack plants in a variety of Asteraceae tribes, but some other species have been reared from Mutisieae ( Prado et al. 2002) .

Material examined. GUATEMALA: Zacapa: Santa Cruz - San Lorenzo Road , irrigation ditch, 15.03447°N 89.67704°W, 274 m, thorn scrub, emerged 18 Nov –10 Dec 2007 reared ex flowerheads of Lycoseris crocata (07G18) collected 15 Nov 2007, B.D. Sutton, G.J. Steck, A.L. Norrbom, J. Monzón, 19 ( FSCA) , 8♂ 14♀ ( USNM USNMENT00671368–90 ) , 1♂ 2♀ ( UVG) . MEXICO: Tamaulipas: Hidalgo, Pan Am Hwy. , 18 May 1956, CA- 177, #56-8986, 1♂ ( USNM USNMENT00051079 ) . PANAMA: Panamá: Perlas Islas , El Rey, 13 Apr 1981, R.W. Brooks, 1♀ ( USU USNMENT00051078 ) .