Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank)

Eiseman, Charles S. & Lonsdale, Owen, 2018, New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species, Zootaxa 4479 (1), pp. 1-156 : 81

Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank)

( Fig. 202 )

Material examined. MAINE: Washington Co., Perry , Birch Point , 15.vi.2014, em. 30.vi.2014, C.S. Eiseman, ex Ranunculus repens , #CSE1142, CNC384883 , CNC384884 (2♀) ; MASSACHUSETTS: Nantucket Co., Nantucket, Lily Pond , 10.vi.2016, em. 28.vi.2016, C.S. Eiseman, ex Ranunculus repens , #CSE2645, CNC654249 (1♀) .

Hosts. Ranunculaceae : Ranunculus abortivus L. ( Sehgal 1971), R. repens L.

Leaf mine. ( Fig. 202 ) Whitish; entirely linear, but sometimes so contorted as to form a secondary blotch. Frass is mostly in discrete but closely spaced black grains.

Puparium. Grayish or brown; formed outside the mine.

Distribution. USA: CA, CO, *MA, *ME, OR ( Frick 1959), WA ( Frick 1959); Canada: AB, NL, NS; Europe (including the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland ( Griffiths 1964, 1966)); Japan; Tanzania ( Černý & Tschirnhaus 2014).

Figures

FIGURES 200–207. leaf mines; 200: Phytomyza persicae Frick in Prunus persica (transmitted light; puparium at bottom left); 201: P. plumiseta (Frost) in Thalictrum pubescens; 202: P. ranunculi (Schrank) in Ranunculus repens; 203: P. sempervirentis spec. nov. in Lonicera sempervirens, young mines; 204: same, completed mines; 205: P. solidaginivora Spencer in Doellingeria umbellata; 206: P. solidaginophaga Sehgal in Solidago rugosa; 207: P. spondylii heracleiphaga Spencer in Heracleum maximum (transmitted light).