Liriomyza schmidti
Creators: name: Eiseman, Charles S.
name: Lonsdale, Owen
name: Feldman, Tracy S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Liriomyza
Liriomyza schmidti

description: Liriomyza schmidti (Aldrich)
(Figs. 21–22, 47–48)
Material examined. NORTH CAROLINA: Scotland Co., Laurinburg, St. Andrews University, 14–17.viii.2017, em. ~ 31.viii.2017, T.S. Feldman, ex Gelsemium sempervirens, # CSE4203, CNC939739–939742 (2♂ 2♀); 21.viii.2017, em. 8.ix.2017, T.S. Feldman, ex Gelsemium sempervirens, # CSE4241, CNC939748, CNC939749 (2♂).
Hosts. Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochia L. (Spencer 1990), Fabaceae: Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth., Bauhinia purpurea L., Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.; * Gelsemiaceae: Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) W.T. Aiton; Nyctaginaceae: Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.; Passifloraceae: Passiflora caerulea L.; Smilacaceae: Smilax L. (not reared, but puparia examined) (Stegmaier 1966; Spencer & Stegmaier 1973). Larvae or empty mines presumed to represent this species have also been found in North Carolina on * Anacardiaceae: Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze; in Texas on Passiflora *lutea L. (Hildebrandt 2016); and in Florida on * Alismataceae: Sagittaria lancifolia L.; Apocynaceae: Vinca minor L., * Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R.Br.; * Araliaceae: Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr.; Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha hispida Burm. f., Breynia disticha J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.; Fabaceae: Bauhinia *jenningsii P.Wilson, Crotalaria lanceolata E. Mey., * Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (L.) Taubert, Erythrina *herbacea L., * Senna quinquangulata (Rich.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby; Nyctaginaceae: * Pisonia aculeata L.; Passifloraceae: Passiflora * biflora Lam.; * Rhamnaceae: Colubrina elliptica (Sw.) Briz. & Stern; Rubiaceae: Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc., Hamelia patens Jacq.; * Sapotaceae: Sideroxylon foetidissimum Jacq.; * Vitaceae: Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & Jarvis; and * Zamiaceae: Zamia pumila L. (Stegmaier 1966; Spencer & Stegmaier 1973; new records from mines collected or photographed by CSE and TSF). Lower surface mines photographed in Miami, Florida by E. LoPresti (in litt.) on Annona glabra L. (Annonaceae) and Passiflora pallida L. also appear to represent L. schmidti.
Leaf mine. (Figs. 47–48) A silvery, epidermal, irregular serpentine mine on the upper leaf surface (Spencer & Stegmaier 1973).
Puparium. (Fig. 22) Brown; formed outside the mine (Spencer & Stegmaier 1973).
Distribution. USA: FL, *NC; Bahamas; Costa Rica; Jamaica (Spencer & Stegmaier 1973). We have found likely L. schmidti mines on Gelsemium sempervirens in South Carolina, and Hildebrandt (2016) photographed mines in Texas as noted above.
Comments. The characteristic epidermal mine of Liriomyza schmidti is highly unusual for North American Agromyzidae; the only similar agromyzid mine in this region known to us is that of Phytomyza opacae Kulp on Ilex spp. (Aquifoliaceae), which differs in having the puparium formed internally. Outside of the USA, this polyphagous species is also recorded from Apocynaceae (Rauvolfia), Basellaceae (Anredera), Bignoniaceae (Clytostoma, Tabebuia), Convolvulaceae (Convolvulus, Ipomoea), Dioscoreaceae (Dioscorea), Euphorbiaceae (Manihot), Fabaceae (Erythrina, Gliricidia), Petiveriaceae (Rivina), Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthus), Pittosporaceae (Pittosporum), Solanaceae (Brunfelsia), Thymelaeaceae (Daphnopsis), and Zygophyllaceae (Bulnesia) (Benavent- Corai et al. 2005).
description: Published as part of Eiseman, Charles S., Lonsdale, Owen & Feldman, Tracy S., 2019, Nine new species of Agromyzidae from North Carolina, USA, with new host and distribution records for additional species, pp. 301-333 in Zootaxa 4571 (3) on pages 314-315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2612611