Phytoliriomyza picea Spencer, 1963

Monteiro, Nilton Juvencio Santiago, Barbosa, Rodrigo Rendeiro & Esposito, Maria Cristina, 2019, Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) in the state of Pará: new species and new records in Brazil, Zootaxa 4624 (2), pp. 151-182 : 176

Phytoliriomyza picea Spencer, 1963

Phytoliriomyza picea Spencer, 1963: 380 .

Diagnosis. Wing length 1.6 mm. Fronto-orbital brownish-yellow; antenna predominantly brown, except in the yellowish scape; mesonotum greyish; scutellum greyish, slightly yellowish centrally; legs yellowish. Aedeagus (Fig. 101a in Spencer 1963): basiphallus slightly sclerotized with extensions distally; mesophallus elongated, enlarged basally; distiphallus translucent, forming two tubules slightly sclerotized basally and enlarged distally.

Host-plant. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil.

Material examined. Brazil, Pará state, Belém: Universidade Federal do Pará ( UFPA), 1º28′25.0″S, 48º27′20.7″W, 20-IX-2016, N. Monteiro [collector] (♂) ; same location, 20-IX-2016, N. Monteiro [collector] (2 ♀) ; same location, 12-IV-2018, N. Monteiro [collector] (3 ♂) ; same location, 16-IV-2018, N. Monteiro [collector] (♂) .

Comments. According to Spencer (1963), this species is similar to Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck) , and it is differentiated primarily by the shape of the aedeagus, which is membranous and coiled in P. arctica . So far, there have been no data on host-plants of this species.