<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>New faunistic data on the distribution of 50 species of the family Agromyzidae from the Afrotropical Region are given. <italic>Chromatomyia syngenesiae</italic> Hardy, 1849 and <italic>Phytomyza ranunculi</italic> (Schrank, 1803) are firstly recorded for the Afrotropics and 47 species are firstly recorded for the following countries: Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. For each country the number of known species are put together in a table. An updated Afrotropical checklist is added. The most peculiar genitalia of the redetected <italic>Ophiomyia dhofarensis</italic> are discussed in connection with other species, among them: <italic>Ophiomyia yunnanensis</italic><bold>comb. nov.</bold> [= <italic>Ophiomyia dumosa</italic><bold>syn. nov.</bold>]. <italic>Ophiomyia nigrimaculata</italic><bold>comb. nov.</bold> is treated taxomically, too. The type-species of the <italic>Pseudonapomyza acanthacearum-group</italic> is re-defined. <italic>Ranunculus</italic> was firstly confirmed as host plant genus of <italic>Phytomyza subeximia</italic> which develops between its seeds, a rare substrate in the genus. <italic>Napomyza strana</italic><bold>stat. rev.</bold> was redetected in an altitude of 3353 m a.s.l. An eclector collecting method is described which lets estimate the natural proportional abundance of Agromyzidae compared with all other Diptera in the groundlevel vegetation of a country.</p></abstract>

New faunistic data on the distribution of 50 species of the family Agromyzidae from the Afrotropical Region are given. Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy, 1849 and Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) are firstly recorded for the Afrotropics and 47 species are firstly recorded for the following countries: Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. For each country the number of known species are put together in a table. An updated Afrotropical checklist is added. The most peculiar genitalia of the redetected Ophiomyia dhofarensis are discussed in connection with other species, among them: Ophiomyia yunnanensiscomb. nov. [= Ophiomyia dumosasyn. nov.]. Ophiomyia nigrimaculatacomb. nov. is treated taxomically, too. The type-species of the Pseudonapomyza acanthacearum-group is re-defined. Ranunculus was firstly confirmed as host plant genus of Phytomyza subeximia which develops between its seeds, a rare substrate in the genus. Napomyza stranastat. rev. was redetected in an altitude of 3353 m a.s.l. An eclector collecting method is described which lets estimate the natural proportional abundance of Agromyzidae compared with all other Diptera in the groundlevel vegetation of a country.

New Records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the Afrotropical Region, with a Checklist

Fakultät Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100 131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany

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New faunistic data on the distribution of 50 species of the family Agromyzidae from the Afrotropical Region are given. Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy, 1849 and...

New Records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the Afrotropical Region, with a Checklist

Published Online: Nov 20, 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2014-0017

Keywords
Diptera, Agromyzidae, Afrotropical Region, new records, new synonym, new combi-nations, new host plants, new definitions, faunistics, distribution, abundance, checklist, collecting methods

© 2014 Miloš Černý and Michael von Tschirnhaus

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

New Records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the Afrotropical Region, with a Checklist

Published Online: Nov 20, 2014

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2014-0017

KeywordsDiptera, Agromyzidae, Afrotropical Region, new records, new synonym, new combi-nations, new host plants, new definitions, faunistics, distribution, abundance, checklist, collecting methods

© 2014 Miloš Černý and Michael von Tschirnhaus

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Diptera, Agromyzidae, Afrotropical Region, new records, new synonym, new combi-nations, new host plants, new definitions, faunistics, distribution, abundance, checklist, collecting methods