Ophiomyia ricini (Meijere)

Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro, 2013, Thailand Agromyzidae (Diptera) — 2, Zootaxa 3746 (4), pp. 501-528 : 526

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F34E3BEA-CABE-4595-B1EB-40CC4802A942

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6154744

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B410B94D-065E-FFED-B3F3-FE48FB07AD9F

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Plazi

scientific name

Ophiomyia ricini (Meijere)
status

 

Ophiomyia ricini (Meijere) View in CoL

Melanagromyza ricini Meijere 1922: 20 . Ophiomyia ricini: Spencer, 1990: 147 .

Material examined. 1♀, Phitsanulok, Thung Salaeng Luang National Park, 16˚50.641´N, 101˚52.894´E, 557 m a.s.l., 18–25 viii 2006, Malaise trap, Pongpitak Pranee; 1♀, Rhetchabun, Khao Kho National Park, 16˚39.257´N, 101˚07.945´E, 186 m, 19–26 ix 2006, Malaise trap, Somchai Chachumnan & Sa-ink Singtong.

Remarks. This black species is large, with a wing length of 2.5–2.9 mm and a black fringe on the calypter, r-m is at the midpoint of discal cell, and the ultimate section of CuA1 is 1/2–3/4 as long as the penultimate section. The larva is known as a fruit-feeder of Ricinus sp. ( Euphorbiaceae ).

Distribution. Indonesia (Java, Sumbawa, Flores), Myanmar, Thailand (new record), Philippines, Taiwan; Japan (Ryukyus).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Genus

Ophiomyia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Genus

Melanagromyza

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