Plaumannimyia eugenia (Wulp) Norrbom & Sutton & Steck & Monzón, 2010

Norrbom, Allen L., Sutton, Bruce D., Steck, Gary J. & Monzón, José, 2010, New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398, Zootaxa 2398, pp. 1-65 : 42-43

Plaumannimyia eugenia (Wulp) , new combination

Urellia eugenia Wulp 1900: 427 .

Trypanea eugenia: Hendel 1914: 81 .

Euarestoides eugenia: Hering 1941: 165 .

Tephritis eugenia: Hering 1944: 22 .

Trypanaresta eugenia: Norrbom et al. 1999: 237 .

Distribution. Norrbom et al. (1999) reported the distribution as Mexico (Nayarit & Guanajuato) SE to Guatemala. Data supporting these records are listed below. The known range includes the following states of Mexico: Aguascalientes, Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. Records from Peru and Chile ( Hendel 1914, Hering 1941) were based on misidentifications of other Plaumannimyia species.

Biology. Host plants were previously unknown for this species. We reared it from flowerheads of Archibaccharis serratifolia (Kunth) S.F. Blake and Baccharis serraefolia DC. in Guatemala, and Krauss reared it from flowerheads of “ Baccharis dracunculoides ” in Mexico. The latter is not an available name (H. Robinson, pers. comm.). It is unclear whether the Palmer specimens from Oaxaca, Mexico were reared from or collected on Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. , but that plant is another possible host.

Material examined. GUATEMALA: Sacatepéquez: Volcán de Agua, trail from Ciudad Viejo , reared ex flowers of Archibaccharis serratifolia , 19 Oct 1990, A. L. Norrbom, 2♂ ( USNM USNMENT00055972–73 ) ; Volcan de Agua, trail from Santa Maria de Jesus , cultivated zone, 14.49255°N 90.71864°W, 2115 m, emerged 21 Nov 2007 reared ex flowerheads of Baccharis serraefolia (07G06) collected 13 Nov 2007, B.D. Sutton, A.L. Norrbom, J. Monzón, 2♂ ( USNM USNMENT00671313–14 ) . MEXICO: Aguascalientes: Calvillo , 10 mi. NE of, 5 Jul 1984, J. B. Woolley, 1♀ ( TAMU USNMENT00212652 ) ; Calvillo , 10 mi. NE of, 5 Jul 1984, Carroll, Schaffner, Friedlander, 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00212651 ) . Distrito Federal: Mexico City, Sep 1965 ,

N. L. H. Krauss, 1♂ ( USNM USNMENT00056100). Guanajuato: Guanajuato, 15 Jul 1954, R. F. Smith, 1♂ ( UCB USNMENT00055980 ) ; Guanajuato, 5 mi. N of, 25 Jul 1954, E. I. Schlinger, 1♀ ( UCB USNMENT00056567 ) . Guerrero: Chichihualco , 15 mi. SW of, approx. 1500', 15 Jul 1984, J. B. Woolley, 1♂ 2♀ ( TAMU USNMENT00212644–46 ) ; same, Carroll , Schaffner, Friedlander, 1♂ 1♀ ( TAMU USNMENT00212647–48 ) , 1♂ 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00212649–50 ) ; Chilapa , 7 mi. W of, 16 Jul 1984, J. B. Woolley, 1♂ 2♀ ( TAMU USNMENT00212653–55 ) , 1♂ 1♀ ( FSCA USNMENT00214920–21 ) . Jalisco: El Tigre, 18 Jul 1954, E. I. Schlinger, 2♀ ( UCB USNMENT00056068–69 ) ; La Primavera , 7 Aug 1956, R. & K. Dreisbach, 1♂ 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00056050–51 ) . Michoacán: Zitácuaro, 10 km E of, on Rt. 15, 28 Feb 1998, A. Freidberg, 1♀ ( TAUI USNMENT00056088 ) . Morelos: Cuernavaca , bred from flowers of Baccharis dracunculoides, Apr 1945 , N. L. H. Krauss 545, 2♂ 2♀ 1 without abdomen ( USNM USNMENT00216995 – 99 ) ; Cuernavaca , 4–6 Dec 1987, F. D. Parker, 1♂ ( USU USNMENT00212522 ) . Nayarit: Chapalilla , 15 km N, Baccharis , 19 Jul 1951, P. D. Hurd, 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00056115 ) . Oaxaca: Oaxaca, 17°2'N 96°40'W, Baccharis salicifolia (R.&P.) Pers. , 9 Aug 1987, W. A. Palmer 87221–1–2, 1♂ 1♀ ( USNM USNMENT00216993–94 ) ; Tamazulapan , 8 mi. SE, 4 Jul 1964, A. G. Raske, 1♂ ( UCB USNMENT00056493 ) ; Tamazulpan , 1 mi. N of, 12 Jul 1973, Mastro & Schaffner, 1♀ ( TAMU USNMENT00212643 ) . Veracruz: Tejería , 1000 m, 23 Feb 1998, A. Freidberg, 1♂ ( TAUI USNMENT00056512 ) , 1♂ ( USNM USNMENT00056513 ) .