Ophiomyia conspicua (Spencer)

Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro, 2013, Thailand Agromyzidae (Diptera) — 2, Zootaxa 3746 (4), pp. 501-528 : 522-523

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6154734

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B410B94D-0652-FFE2-B3F3-F9C7FEABAFA9

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scientific name

Ophiomyia conspicua (Spencer)
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Ophiomyia conspicua (Spencer) View in CoL

Melanagromyza conspicua Spencer, 1961a: 71 . Ophiomyia conspicua: Spencer, 1977a:349 . Ophiomyia joycei Sasakawa, 1963 b: 417 .

Melanagromyza latifrons Garg, 1971: 191 .

Melanagromyza spiniphallata Garg, 1971: 198 .

Material examined. 2♂, Loei, Phu Ruea National Park, 17˚30.128´N, 101˚20.339´E, 1233 m a.s.l., 19–26 viii 2006, Malaise trap, Nukoonchai Jaroenchai; 2♂,1♀, same locality and collector as above, 17˚30.502´N, 101˚20.868´E, 1343 m, 12–19 ix 2006; 3♂,4♀, Chaiyaphum Pa Hin Ngam National Park, 15˚34.913´N, 101˚25.658´E, 444 m a.s.l., 22–28 xi 2006, Malaise trap, Katae Sa-nog & Buakaw Adnafai.

Remarks. This black fly lacks a distinct facial carina and a vibrissal fasciculus in the male. The surstylus bears about 40 spines, the hypandrium has a long basal apodeme (2/3 as long as to subequal to length of sidearm) broadened vertically on the basal 1/3, and the distiphallus is covered laterally with the large, weakly chitinized lobes which are provided with about 65 strong spines or spinules on one side; the egg-guides bear a serration of about 30 teeth on each ventral margin (Sasakawa 1963b: fig. 10a–c). Larva is a stem-miner of Eclipta and Siegesbeckia spp. ( Asteraceae ; Spencer 1990).

Distribution. Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), India, Sri Lanka; Papua New Guinea, Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Vanuatu, New Caledonia; Japan (Ryukyus).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

Genus

Ophiomyia

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