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Liriomyza lupiniphaga Spencer

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Description

Liriomyza lupiniphaga Spencer

Figs 142, 143

Liriomyza lupiniphaga Spencer 1981: 248. Spencer & Steyskal 1986: 117.

Wing length 1.3–1.4mm (♂), 1.3–1.4mm (♀). Length of ultimate section of vein CuA 1 divided by penultimate section: 2.5–3.0. Eye height divided by gena height: 3.6–3.8. Scutum subshining.

Chaetotaxy: Two ori, one ors. Acrostichal setulae in three to four rows.

Colouration: Calypter margin and hairs grey. First flagellomere light brown to dark brown; scape and pedicel brownish with ends more yellow; lateral margin of frons dark brown with stripe extending to surround base of ors and sometimes base of posterior ori; posterolateral corner of frons to base of vertical bristles, ocellar triangle, back of head and clypeus dark brown; face brown; ventral margin of gena with light brown stripe. Scutum dark brown with notopleuron yellow and postpronotum brown with darker anteromedial spot; laterotergites dark brown. Pleuron, legs and abdomen dark brown.

Genitalia: Figs 142, 143. Surstylus with single subapical spine. Swollen apical section of ejaculatory duct broad, tapering apically. Left paraphallus sometimes present. Hypophallus well developed. Mesophallus narrow, cylindrical and approximately as long as distiphallus. Distiphallus broad, bowl-like and directed dorsally, enclosing paired, fringed inner structures; with slight anterobasal stem and complete ventral suture. Ejaculatory apodeme large and well-developed with broad blade that becomes paler apically excluding slightly darker marginal band.

Hosts. Fabaceae Lupinus albicaulis and probably other high altitude Lupinus spp.

Range. USA. California [El Dorado, Riverside, Trinity], Colorado.

Type material. Holotype, USA. California: El Dorado Co., Snowline Camp, 2.viii.1948, ex. larva on Lupinus albicaulis, Lot 79-1, K.E. Frick, Type No. 13939 (1♂, CASC); Paratypes examined, USA. California: El Dorado Co., Camino, 19.vii.1948, sweeping Lupinus albicaulis Dougl., Lot No. 74-8, K.E. Frick (2♂ 1♀, CASC), Riverside Co., 4mi SE Keen Camp Summit, 8.vii.1964, E.I. Schlinger (1♂, UCR).

Comments. See comments for Liriomyza lupinella.

Notes

Published as part of Lonsdale, Owen, 2011, The Liriomyza (Agromyzidae: Schizophora: Diptera) of California 2850, pp. 1-123 in Zootaxa 2850 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2850.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5287220

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Biodiversity

Collection code
CASC , CASC, UCR
Event date
1948-07-19 , 1948-08-02
Family
Agromyzidae
Genus
Liriomyza
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Spencer
Species
lupiniphaga
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1948-07-19/1964-07-08 , 1948-08-02

References

  • Spencer, K. A. (1981) A revisionary study of the leaf-mining flies (Agromyzidae) of California. University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences, Special Publication 3273, 489 pp.
  • Spencer, K. A. & Steyskal, G. C. (1986) Manual of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the United States. U. S. D. A. Agriculture Handbook, 638, 478 pp.