Phytomyza clematiphaga Spencer

Main Authors: Eiseman, Charles S., Lonsdale, Owen
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2018
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5997888
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  • Phytomyza clematiphaga Spencer (Fig. 180) Material examined. COLORADO: Fremont Co., Bear Creek, Forest Rd. 101, off of 49 Rd., 7.vii.2015, em. 19– 22.vii.2015, C.S. Eiseman, ex Clematis hirsutissima var. scottii, #CSE1728, CNC654335, CNC654336 (1♂ 1♀). Hosts. Ranunculaceae: Clematis columbiana (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray, C. * hirsutissima Pursh var. scottii (Porter) Erickson, C. occidentalis (Hornem.) DC. (Spencer 1969). Leaf mine. (Fig. 180) Upper surface (though at least sometimes beginning on the lower surface), white, linear; up to 1 mm or slightly wider, with a small terminal enlargement up to 3 mm wide. The black frass is in strips or beaded strips along the sides. Puparium. Yellowish-brown, formed within the mine, with the anterior spiracles projecting through the upper epidermis. Distribution. USA: *CO, MT; Canada: AB. Phytomyza clematoides Spencer (Fig. 181) Material examined. COLORADO: Fremont Co., Bear Creek, Forest Rd. 101, off of 49 Rd., 7.vii.2015, em. 26.vii.2015, C.S. Eiseman, ex Clematis ligusticifolia, #CSE1853, CNC564610 (1♀). Host. Ranunculaceae: Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. Leaf mine. (Fig. 181) Whitish, gradually widening, entirely linear; frass in numerous, small, closely spaced grains. Puparium. Brown; formed outside the mine. Distribution. USA: *CO, WA. Comments. The identification of this female is very tentative, as no reference material of P. clematoides was available and the genus is in need of revision.
  • 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 pages 69-70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1452913