Phytomyza melana Hendel

Guglya, Yuliia, 2025, Rearing mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from host plants as an instrument for associating females with males, with the description of two new species. Report 2, Zootaxa 5658 (1), pp. 1-86 : 41-42

Phytomyza melana Hendel

( Figs. 179, 180 )

Material examined. Ukraine: Transcarpathia: near Nevytske , 48°41'N, 22°25'E, 14.vii.2017, Yu. Guglya (1♂) ; 1 km E Rakhiv Center , 830 m a.s.l., 48°03'N, 24°13'E, 21.vii.2017, Yu. Guglya (1♀) ; Uzhhorod , 48°37'N, 22°17'E, 19.ix.2017 —mines with larvae collected, 9.x.2017 —imago, Yu. Guglya, ex Chaerophyllum aromaticum (1♂ 2♀) ; near Uzhhorod , “Skalka”, 48°41'N, 22°24'E, 17.ix.2016 —mines with larvae collected, 11–13.iii.2017 —imago, Yu. Guglya, ex Chaerophyllum aromaticum (2♀) ; Kvasy , 560 m a.s.l., 48°09'52"N, 24°17'03"E, 12.viii.2021, Yu. Guglya (1♂) ; near Shyrokyi Luh , 48°17'N, 24°43'E, 19.vii.2017, Yu. Guglya (1♂) .

Hosts. Apiaceae : Pimpinella L. (Benavent-Corai et al. 2015); Chaerophyllum aromaticum L—a newly recorded host plant.

Wing. ( Fig. 179 ) Hyaline, with beige veins; costa ending after R 3+4; second cross vein absent; calypterincluding margin pale beige, fringe beige. Wing length 2.0 mm.

Female genitalia. ( Figs. 180 ) Proctiger generally barrel-shaped, scarcely expanding posteriorly. Two pairs of long setae located on posterior margin between cerci. Cerci closely spaced. Cercus oval, 0.34× as long as proctiger; medium setae located apically, subapically and laterally.

Distribution. Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Switzerland ( Papp & Černý 2019). Ukraine (first record).

Comments. See above under Phytomyza aurei . Mine, puparium and cephalopharingeal skeleton depicted and described in Guglya (2021).

Figures

FIGURES 176–180. Figures 176–177: Amauromyza (C.) flavifrons (Meigen); 176: oviscape, proctiger and spermathecae proportionally; 177: proctiger. Figure 178: Phytomyza lycopi Nowakowski, proctiger. Figures 179, 180: Phytomyza melana Hendel; 179: wing; 180: proctiger.