Phytomyza (Phytomyza) syngenesiae Hardy, 1849

Dawah, Hassan A. & Deeming, John C., 2025, An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data, Zootaxa 5583 (1), pp. 1-38 : 25

Phytomyza (Phytomyza) syngenesiae Hardy, 1849

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Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy, 1849: 391 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, 1♀, Riyadh, ex leaves of Sonchus oleraceus L. mines, 10.1.1979, collector unspecified ( NMWC). Turkey: 2♂, 3♂, Izmir Province , ÖdemiŞ, 13.v.1998, weedy pea field, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Deeming (2006). This species was described without type-locality being specified. It is a Holarctic species, native to Europe. It was recorded from the Afrotropical Region; Kenya, Saudi Arabia: Palaearctic Region; Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and former Yugoslavia: Australasian Region; Australia and New Zealand: Oriental Region; India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka: Nearctic Region; Canada, USA ( Papp 1984a; Wijesekara 2002; Deeming 2006; Kahanpää 2014; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014; Černý et al. 2018; Eiseman & Londale 2018; Murugasridevi et al. 2021).

Host remarks. This is a polyphagous leaf-miner attacking species in the family Asteraceae including Sonchus L. ( Benavent-Corai et al. 2005), and other host families e.g., Fabaceae , Laminaceae and Mavaceae. In Europe this species is a pest of the lettuce crop ( Lactuca sativa L.) ( Asteraceae ) and chrysanthemums ( Chrysanthemum indicum L.) ( Asteraceae ) ( Deeming 2006). An account of the taxonomy, biology, distribution, host plants, control, damage caused and parasitoids attacking this species is given in detail by Lonsdale et al. (2023).

Figures

FIGURES 29–31. Habitus of: (29) Phytomyza (Phytomyza) orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864, Female (CYPRUS: Pano Lefkara, 26.iv.2003); (30) Phytomyza (P.) syngenesiae Hardy, 1849, Female (TURKEY: ÖdemiŞ, Weedy Pea Field, 13.v.1998, J.C. Deeming); (31) Phytomyza (Napomyza) tripolii Spencer, 1966a, Female (SAUDI ARABIA: Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 5–26.iii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah).