Ophiomyia

Eiseman, Charles S., Lonsdale, Owen & Feldman, Tracy S., 2019, Nine new species of Agromyzidae from North Carolina, USA, with new host and distribution records for additional species, Zootaxa 4571 (3), pp. 301-333 : 305-306

Ophiomyia sp. 1

( Figs. 30–31 )

Material examined. NORTH CAROLINA : Scotland Co., Laurinburg , St. Andrews University, 2.vi.2015, em. by 17.vi.2015, T.S. Feldman, ex Hypochaeris chillensis , # CSE2007 (1♀) .

Host. Asteraceae : Hypochaeris chillensis (Kunth) Britton.

Leaf mine. ( Figs. 30–31 ) The single photographed mine was whitish, beginning as a narrow, linear track on the lower leaf surface, then entering the midrib and petiole, where most feeding took place, including on the upper leaf surface, where there was a blotch-like expansion into the blade.

Puparium. Formed within the mine.

Comments. The leaf mine seems consistent with Ophiomyia beckeri , which has been found at the same location and is recorded from Hypochaeris L. in Europe ( Hering 1957, p. 557). The reared adult is unfortunately in very poor condition, with the head and most legs missing, in addition to being a female. TSF has found similar midrib-based mines on H. radicata L. at both St. Andrews University and in Durham.

Figures

FIGURES 26–32. leaf mines; 26: Agromyza arundinariae spec. nov. on Arundinaria tecta; 27: same; 28: A. indistincta spec. nov. on Dichanthelium; 29: Ophiomyia beckeri (Hendel) on Sonchus; 30: Ophiomyia sp. 1 on Hypochaeris chillensis, lower leaf surface; 31: same, upper leaf surface; 32: Ophiomyia sp. 2 on Pyrrhopappus carolinianus.