Phytomyza lycopi Nowakowski

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

Phytomyza lycopi Nowakowski

( Figs. 28–29 , 178 )

Material examined. Ukraine: Transcarpathia: between Antalivtsy and Nevytske, road to Antalivska Poliana , 600 m a.s.l., 48°40'N, 22°24'E, 05.v.2018, Yu. Guglya (1♂) ; Kyiv Region: near Rzhyshchiv , 49°57'44"N, 31°07'08"E, 24.vii.2021 —mines with puparia collected, Yu. Guglya, ex Lycopus europaeus (2 puparia) ; Kharkiv Region: Pisochyn, the River Merla Bank , 49°57'58"N, 36°05'13"E, 29.vi.2024 – mine with puparium collected, Yu. Guglya, ex Lycopus europaeus (1 puparium) .

Female genitalia. ( Fig. 178 ) Proctiger generally cylindrical, scarcely expanding posteriorly. Two pairs of long setae located on posterior margin between cerci. Cerci distinctly spaced. Cercus egg-shaped, 0.26× as long as proctiger; long setae located subapically and laterally, brush of 4–5 short setae located apically.

Comments. See above under Amauromyza rameli . Mine ( Figs. 28–29 ), puparium, cephalopharingeal skeleton and female genitalia depicted and described in Guglya (2021).

Figures

FIGURES 25–32. Figures 25–27: Amauromyza (Amauromyza) rameli Černý; 25: mine in Lycopus europaeus leaf; 26: empty puparium viewed from the side; 27: posterior segments of puparium (posterior view). Figures 28, 29: Phytomyza lycopi Nowakowski; 28: mine with larva in Lycopus europaeus leaf (view from upper side); 29: mine with larva in Lycopus europaeus leaf (view from lowerside).Figures 30–32: Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) gyrans (Fallén); 30: mine in Campanula rapunculoides leaf; 31: empty puparium viewed from the side; 32: posterior segments of puparium (posterior view).

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.