Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer

Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro, 2013, Thailand Agromyzidae (Diptera) — 2, Zootaxa 3746 (4), pp. 501-528 : 503-504

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6154687

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B410B94D-0645-FFF7-B3F3-F92EF8ECAEFC

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Plazi

scientific name

Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer
status

 

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Agromyza pennisetivora Spencer, 1961a: 63 .

Material examined. ♀, Sakon Nakhon, Phu Phan National Park, 16˚54.630´N, 103˚54.266´E, 281 m a.s.l., 6–13 xi 2006, Malaise trap, Sailom Tongboonchai; ♀, Ubon Ratchat, Pha Taem National Park, 15˚27.435´N, 105˚34.838´E, 238 m, 11–18 xi 2006, Malaise trap, Sorawit & Thongdee.

Remarks. This large, black species is characterized by the whitish yellow fringe on the calypter, the brownish tibiae and tarsi (paler on the fore leg), the narrow gena (1/8–1/10 as high as eye), the presence of a distinct epistome and only one or two long postsutural dc (anterior two or three dc before that as long as acr); wing length 2.5–2.7 mm in female. Host plant: Pennisetum typhoideum (Poaceae) (Spencer 1961a).

Distribution. India, Thailand (new record).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Genus

Agromyza

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