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Phytomyza ranunculi Schrank

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-156 in Zootaxa 4479 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1452913

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CNC
Event date
2014-06-15 , 2016-06-10
Family
Agromyzidae
Genus
Phytomyza
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CNC384883, CNC384884 , CNC654249
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schrank
Species
ranunculi
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2014-06-15/30 , 2016-06-10/28
Taxonomic concept label
Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) sec. Eiseman & Lonsdale, 2018

References

  • Sehgal, V. K. (1971) A taxonomic survey of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Alberta, Canada, with observations on host-plant relationships. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 7, 291 - 405.
  • Frick, K. E. (1959) Synopsis of the species of agromyzid leaf miners described from North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 108, 347 - 465. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.108 - 3407.347
  • Griffiths, G. C. D. (1964) The agromyzid fauna of Iceland and the Faroes, with appendices on the Phytomyza milii and robustella groups (Diptera, Agromyzidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser, 32, 393 - 450.
  • Griffiths, G. C. D. (1966) The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Greenland. Meddelelser om GrOnland, 170 (4), 1 - 32.
  • Cerny, M. & Tschirnhaus, M. von. (2014) New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the Afrotropical Region, with a checklist. Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales, 63, 159 - 176. https: // doi. org / 10.2478 / cszma- 2014 - 0017