Phytobia errans (Meigen)

Zlobin, Vladimir V., 2008, Review of mining flies of the genus Phytobia Lioy (Diptera: Agromyzidae): Western Palearctic species, Zootaxa 1725, pp. 61-66 : 64

Phytobia errans (Meigen)

Spencer, 1969: 101.

Agromyza errans Meigen (1830) is a type-species of the genus Phytobia Lioy designated by monotypy. In original description of A. errans , the type-locality was not given but probably the species was collected near Aachen ( Germany) ( Papp, 1984: 281). After the original description no information about type material of the Agr. errans have been published and all attempts to find the type specimen were failed (Spencer’s letter communication). In collection of the Zoological Institute (St.Petersburg) there is one male specimen which can be tentatively refers to type specimen. It bears two labels: “ Agromyza errans ” written by Meigen’s hand, and “Meigen det., Brandt Collection”. The specimen is in good condition and its external morphology and structure of male terminalia is completely coincides with the species definition developed by Hendel (1920; 1931), Spencer (1971) and Tschirnhaus (2000). Therefore I propose to designate the specimen mentioned above as neotype.