Melanagromyza
Creators: name: Guglya, Yu. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Melanagromyza

description: Key to males <i>Melanagromyza</i> species known to occur in Ukraine 1. Fronto-orbital setulae only proclinate, thick, in several rows, elongated.................................................... 2 — Fronto-orbital setulae only reclinate or proclinate and reclinate together................................................. 3 2. Calypter white, margin and fringe yellow; mesonotum black, shining............. <i>rodendorfii</i> Spencer, 1966 — Calypter grey, margin and fringe black; mesonotum blackish-grey, matt.............. <i>aenea</i> (Meigen, 1830) 3. Frontal carina distinct, flattened (fig. 19)........................................................................................................ 4 — Frontal carina absent (fig. 11) or crest-shaped (fig. 1).................................................................................. 7 4. 3 frontal setae and 3 orbital setae, all strong on equal space from each other........................................... 5 — 3 frontal setae and 2 orbital setae, on unequal spaces from each other...................................................... 6 5. Calypter and fringe whitish-yellow, margin orange; mesonotum strongly green shining (dorsal view); 4 dorsocentral setae: two strong and 2 short and more slender (fig. 26); frontal setae and orbital setae of various length (figs 19, 20)............................................................................................................ <i>cuprea</i> sp. n. — Calypter and fringe whitish-grey, margin black; mesonotum black, shining (dorsal view); 2 strong dorsocentral setae; frontal setae and orbital setae equal................................................. <i>verbasci</i> Spencer, 1957 6. 2 strong dorsocentral setae, sometimes 2 short additional dorsocentral setae present; calypter and fringe dark grey, margin black; smaller species: wing length &lt;2.2 (2.1) mm, height of head &lt;0.76 (0.7) mm in male and &lt;0.87 (0.75) mm in female..................................................................... <i>zlobini</i> Pakalniškis, 1997 — 1st dorsocentral setae strong and 2nd dorsocentral seta short and more slender; calypter and fringe beije, margin brown; larger species: wing length&gt; 2.2 (2.3) mm, height of head&gt; 0.77 (0.85) mm in male and&gt; 0.87 (1.0) mm in female................................................................................... <i>symphyti</i> Griffiths, 1963 7. Fronto-orbital setulae reclinate and proclinate together............................................................................... 8 — Fronto-orbital setulae only reclinate............................................................................................................. 10 8. 3 frontal setae, 3 orbital setae; space between all fronto-orbital bristles approximately equal; frontal carina absent (figs 30, 31)............................................................................................................ <i>pratensis</i> sp. n. — 2 frontal setae, 2 orbital setae; space between frontal setae 2.0–2.5× as big as spaces between neighbouring 2nd frontal setae and 1st and 2nd orbital setae; frontal carina very narrow, crest-shaped............... 9 9. Calypter margin yellowish, darker than calypter and fringle; mesonotum black, with bluish tinge; distiphallus triangular-shaped, elongated and narrowing posteriorly (ventral view); arms of basiphallus not connected by crosspiece (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 83E)......................................... <i>aeneoventris</i> (Fallén, 1823) — Calypter margin white, as calypter and fringe; mesonotum black with greenish-coppery tinge; distiphallus trapezoid-shaped, widening posteriorly (ventral view); arms of basiphallus are connected by crosspiece posteriorly (figs 3, 4).................................................................................................... <i>trapezoidea</i> sp. n. 10. Anterior margin of distiphallus protuberant (ventral view) (Guglya, 2012: figs 1, 2)............................. 11 — Anterior margin of distiphallus flattened, concaved or slit-shaped (ventral view) (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: figs 91E, 95E)..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 11. Larger species: wing length&gt; 2.7 mm; orbit projected above eye in profile more at level of frontal setae; lunula in centre have elongated diamond-shaped hollow; length of basiphallus 1.15× as long as width; mesophallus with parallel margins (ventral view) (Guglya, 2012: fig. 2)............. <i>pubescens</i> Hendel, 1923 — Smaller species: wing length from &lt;2.4 mm; orbit projected above eye in profile uniformly; length of basiphallus 0.72× as long as width; mesophallus strongly widening anteriorly (ventral view) (Guglya, 2012: fig. 1)............................................................................................................ <i>provecta</i> (de Meijere, 1910) 12. Slit of anterior margin of distiphallus asymmetrical, very deep and narrow; mesophallus long, curved leftwards (ventral view) (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 95E).................................................... <i>cunctans</i> (Meigen, 1830) — Anterior margin of distiphallus symmetrically concaved, not deep, or anterior margin flattened; mesophallus short, straight (ventral view) (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 91E, 97E)............................................................ 13 13. 2 frontal setae, 2 orbital setae, all at equal space from one to another; orbit narrow, slightly shining (frontal view)...................................................................................................................................................... 14 — 2–3 frontal setae, 3 orbital setae, space between neighbouring bristles various; orbit wide, shining (frontal view)............................................................................................................................................................. 15 14. Both dorsocentral setae strong, but 2nd slightly shorter; anterior margin of distiphallus flattened; arms of basiphallus connected posteriorly by crosspiece; distiphallus wide, its length 1.7× as big as width (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 91E)................................................................................................. <i>astragali</i> Spencer, 1976 — 1st dorsocentral seta strong, 2nd dorsocentral seta weak and short; anterior margin of distiphallus concaved; arms of basiphallus not connected posteriorly; distiphallus narrow, its length 2.6× as big as width (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 97E).................................................................................................. <i>cuscutae</i> Hering, 1958 15. Calypter and fringe dark grey, margin black; last section of CuA10.66× penultimate; all veins brown; distiphallus with almost parallel lateral margins, uniformly wide, its length 1.9× as big as maximum width; arms of basiphallus not connected by crosspiece posteriorly (ventral view) (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 113E)................................................................................................................. <i>submetallescens</i> Spencer, 1966 — Calypter, margin and fringe yellowish; last section of CuA1 0.8× penultimate; Costal vein black, other veins beije; distiphallus strongly narowing posteriorly, wide only in anterior half, its length 1.5–1.6× as big as maximum width; arms of basiphallus connected by crosspiece posteriorly (ventral view)........16 16. Smaller species, wing length from 2.0 mm in male to 2.2 mm in female; very narrow frontal carina presents; mesonotum black, with yellowish-green tinge, strongly shining; fronto-orbital setulae sparse, elongated; orbit projected above eye in profile; mesophallus rounded apically (ventral view) (&amp;Ccaron;erny, 2015: fig. 85E)................................................................................................................ <i>albocilia</i> Hendel, 1931 — Larger species, wing length from 2.95 mm in male to 3.2 mm in female; frontal carina absent; mesonotum blackish-grey, slightly shining; fronto-orbital setulae thick, in several rows; orbit not projected above eye in profile (figs 11, 12); mesophallus concaved apically (fig. 13).................. <i>asymmetrica</i> sp. n.
description: Published as part of <i>Guglya, Yu. A., 2016, Four New Species Of The Genus Melanagromyza (Diptera, Agromyzidae) From Ukraine, pp. 407-414 in Vestnik Zoologii (Vestn. Zool.) (Vestn. Zool.) 50 (5)</i> on pages 413-414, DOI: 10.1515/vzoo-2016-0047, http://zenodo.org/record/6449440
description: {"references": ["Spencer, K. A. 1966. A revision of European species of the genera Melanagromyza Hendel and Hexomyza Enderlein, with a supplement on the genus Ophiomyia Braschnikov (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 16 (1 - 2), 3 - 60.", "Guglya, Yu. A. 2012. A study of the fauna of leaf-miner flies of subfamily Agromyzinae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) of Ukraine. Report 2. 15 new species for the fauna of Ukraine. The first record of Melanagromyza provecta (de Meijere, 1910) for Europe. The Kharkiv Entomological Society Gazette, 20 (1), 56 - 62 [In Russian]."]}