Phytomyza prava Spencer, 1969

Eiseman, Charles S. & Lonsdale, Owen, 2019, New State and Host Records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the Description of Ten New Species, Zootaxa 4661 (1), pp. 1-39 : 20

Phytomyza prava Spencer

( Figs. 30, 31 , 62 )

Material examined. MASSACHUSETTS: Franklin Co., Northfield, 276 Old Wendell Rd. , 21.vi.2017, em. 8.vii.2017, C.S. Eiseman, ex Anemone canadensis , #CSE3911, CNC939682 (♀) .

Host. Ranunculaceae : Anemone canadensis L. ( Sehgal 1971).

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 62 ) A brown blotch at the tip of a lobe; distinct primary and secondary feeding lines visible in transmitted light.

Puparium. ( Fig. 31 ) Grayish-brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. * USA: MA; Canada: AB. Spencer (1969, Fig. 531) illustrated unidentified leaf mines from Ontario, which Sehgal (1971) attributed to this species.

Comments. This species is newly recorded in the United States.

Figures

FIGURES 27–33. Figs. 27–28: Phytomyza mimuli (Spencer); 27: adult male; 28: puparium. Fig. 29: P. nemophilae spec. nov., male. Figs. 30–31: P. prava Spencer; 30: adult female; 31: puparium. Figs. 32–33: P. salviarum spec. nov.; 32: adult female; 33: empty puparium removed from leaf mine.

FIGURES 57–63. leaf mines: 57: Phytomyza davisii (Walton), on Ranunculus recurvatus (mines containing feeding larvae); 58: the same mines, complete and vacated; 59: P. mimuli (Spencer), on Phacelia crenulata (reflected light); 60: same (transmitted light); 61: P. nemophilae spec. nov., on Nemophila parviflora; 62: P. prava Spencer, on Anemone canadensis; 63: P. salviarum spec. nov., on Salvia ballotiflora.