Phytoliriomyza arctica ( Lundbeck, 1901 )

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 : 22-23

Phytoliriomyza arctica ( Lundbeck, 1901)

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Agromyza arctica Lundbeck, 1901: 304 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel , 12.v.–3.vi.2015, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub , 9–30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC).

Distribution. First record from Saudi Arabia and Arabian Peninsula. It was described from Greenland (which is in the Danish empire) and recorded from W. Canada. It is a cosmopolitan species widespread in continental Europe ( Spencer 1976: 294), and Iran, South Korea, Taiwan ( Martinez 2011; Černý et al. 2020), Brazil ( Spencer 1976), Chile ( Spencer 1969), Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka ( Martinez 2011).

Host remarks. This species is an external stem miner ( Spencer 1972 a: 61). It has been recorded as a stem miner on Crepis L., Lapsana L. ( Asteraceae ), and Sonchus L. ( Asteraceae ) and on Solidago L. ( Asteraceae ) ( Spencer 1990: 261).

Remarks. Development stages are unknown ( Spencer & Steyskal 1986: 154) but Hering (1957) reported that it had been reared from stems of Cichorieae (Lam. & DC.) In Europe (see the pupa description).

Figures

FIGURE 26. Habitus of: Habitus of: (26) Phytoliriomyza arctica (Lundbeck, 1901), Male (SAUDI ARABIA: Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 9-30.v.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah).