Ophiomyia beckeri
Creators: name: Guglya, Yu. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Ophiomyia
Ophiomyia beckeri

description: <i>Ophiomyia beckeri</i> (Hendel, 1923) (fig. 12–17) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Kharkiv, centre, 09.08.2011, 1 &amp;female;; Kharkiv, mines with larva on <i>Sonchus</i> sp., 26.05.2013, 03, 09.06.2013 — imago, 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;; Pyatykhatki, 10.06.2010, 1 &amp;male;; Petrivske, 22.05.2011, 03– 04.07.2010, 03.05.3013 and 11.08.2013, 3 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;; near Kuzemin, 13.08.2011, 1 &amp;female;; near Rubizhne, 17.08.2013, 1 &amp;female;; near Vakalovshchina, 16.06.2010, 1 &amp;female;; near Timchenki, 06.06.2010, 1 &amp;female;; Stara Pokrovka, 12.06.2012, 1 &amp;female;; near Kuripchine, 27.06.2010, 1 &amp;female;. R e d e s c r i p t i o n. Head (fig. 12, 13, 15). Orbit not projected above eye in profile; 2 orb s, 2 fr s; 2nd fr s, 1st and 2nd orb s equidistant, and between 1st and 2nd fr s distance twice more; frorb sta short, reclinate and slightly incurved, with a few in area of orb s proclinate; facial keel lacking; lunule oval, with upper margin slightly tapered medially; ocellar triangle matt anteriorly, reaching level of 1st orb s; frons with distinct medial longitudinal line; vibrissa present and equal in both sexes; maximal height of eye 6.0 <b>×</b> maximal height of gena. Wing. Costa reaching M; last and penultimate sections of M equal; calypter and fringe grey; margin black. Length of wing 2.1 mm. Mesonotum black, shining (anterior view); 2 dc; ac 2 nearest to sctsctl sut and 6 at level of 2nd dc; halter and legs black. Male genitalia (fig. 14). Phallus 0.24 mm long. Basiphallus V-shaped in lateral view and G-shaped in dorsal view, reaching 0.15 length of distiphallus and distal margin of endophallus. Distiphallus 1.2× as long as basiphallus. Female terminalia (fig. 16, 17). Both spermathecae equal, oval, length 1.4× width at widest part. Proximal and ventral margins of egg guide with sharp, well-marked, posteriorly directed teeth. Membrane of medial margin with dark scales in 1–3 irregular rows. D i s t r i b u t i o n. Widespread in Europe, more common in Mediterranean region, also in South Africa, India (Spencer, 1976), Turkey (Civelek et al., 2009), Lithuania, Kaliningrad Region of Russia (Pakalniškis, 1994), Ukraine (Guglya, 2011, 2012). H o s t p l a n t. Asteraceae (<i>Crepis</i> spp., <i>Hypochoeris</i> spp., <i>Leontodon</i> spp., <i>Picris</i> spp., <i>Sonchus</i> spp., <i>Taraxacum</i> spp.) (Spencer, 1976). B i o n o m i c s. Larva feeding in serpentine leaf mine. Pupation taking place inside of leaf (Spencer, 1976).
description: Published as part of <i>Guglya, Yu. A., 2014, Mining Flies Of The Genus Ophiomyia (Diptera, Agromyzidae) Of Eastern Ukraine And Adjacent Territories: Review Of The Species Without A Fasciculus, pp. 51-66 in Vestnik Zoologii (Vestn. Zool.) (Vestn. Zool.) 48 (1)</i> on page 54, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0005, http://zenodo.org/record/6452818
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