Ophiomyia centrosematis (Meijere)

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

Ophiomyia centrosematis (Meijere)

Melanagromyza centrosematis Meijere, 1940: 128 . Ophiomyia centrosematis: Spencer, 1966a: 3 .

Material examined. ♂, Loei, Phu Ruea National Park, 17˚30.128´N, 101˚20.339´E, 1233 m a.s.l., 26 viii–2 ix 2006, Malaise trap, Nukoonchai Jarroenchai.

Remarks. This is a stem-miner on many genera of Leguminosae ( Papilionoideae ), such as the cultivated Glycine , Phaseolus and Vigna , the cover crops Centrosema and Calopogonium spp., etc. Larva has three opening bulbs on a short stalk of the posterior spiracle. The male genitalia are characteristic in the asymmetric form of basiphallic sclerites and the presence of a spinulose patch on lateral side of the distiphallic basal lobe. Other genitalic characters are as follows: surstylus with 15–17 spines in two irregular rows along the anterior margin of the projection; pre- and postgonites each strongly chitinized, the latter with a blunt serration along the ventral margin; phallapodeme 460 µ m long and phallus 330 µm long; ejaculatory apodeme 180 µm long and 70 µm wide.

Distribution. Taiwan, Malaysia (Peninsula), Thailand, Indonesia (Java), India, Australia; E. Africa; Japan (Ryukyus).