Liriomyza europaea

Family

Subfamily

Genus

Species

Liriomyza europaea Zlobin, 2003

Mine

Unknown.

Host Plants

• Unknown

Confusion Species

N/A.

Recording Grade

*

National Status

Unknown.

Puparium

Unknown.

Adult

Head: frons twice width of eye, slightly narrowing anteriorly. Orbits narrowly projecting above eye in profile, not widening below. Frontal plate with acute apex extending almost to level of upper ori. Ocelli form isosceles triangle. Ocellar bristles long, normal. 2 strong ors, the upper ors directed up and slightly outwards. 3, sometimes 2, ori. Orbital setulae sparse, reclinate. Lunule small, semicircular, deeply sunken. Antennal bases approximated. Third antennal segment small, rounded, covered with short but distinct pubescence. Eye oval, slightly slanting, bare. Cheeks forming narrow ring below eye. Jowls deepest at rear, 0.28–0.32 height of eye. vi long, normal. Peristomal margin straight. Epistoma not differentiated. Palps short, slender, normal. Proboscis short.
Mesonotum: 3+1 dc gradually decreasing in length towards, fourth dc about twice shorter than first one. Interalars setulae numerous, in 3–4 rows. ipa about twice shorter that opa. Mesopleura above with a few upcurved setulae.
Wing: costa extending to vein M₁₊₂. ta near midpoint of discal cell. tp slightly or distinctly oblique. Last section of vein M₃₊₄ 2.4–2.6 times longer than penultimate; llength 1.7–1.9 mm.
Colour: head largely bright yellow; ocellar triangle black, shining. Hind margin of eye black to base of vti. Frons, antennae and palps bright yellow. Face entirely yellow. Peristomal margin yellow. Humerus largely yellow, with small brownish spot anteriorly. Notopleura entirely yellow. Mesonotum solidly black, shining from behind but more pruinose viewed from front; hind corners with small yellow spots extending to base of pa. Scutellum largely yellow, black lateral spots small, basal scutellars on yellow ground. Mesopleura solidly black below, yellow above level of mesopleural bristle. Sternopleura narrowly yellowish above or entirely dark. Fore coxae largely black, apically scarcely paler, greyish to yellowish. Femora black, but bright yellow distally for femoral width. Tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow to blackish. Abdomen blackish brown above, broadly yellow laterally, 6 tg largely dark. Wings hyaline, veins brown. Squamae yellow, squamal margin and fringe dark brown.
Male genitalia: epandrium distinctly narrowing ventrally (lateral view), uniformly covered with long bristles. Cerci about 2/3 height of epandrium. Bacilliform sclerites X-shaped, posterior processes moderately long, with very short setulae apically. Epandrium with a pair of long surstyli-like processes, slightly projecting below ventral margin of epandrium. Phallophor short, almost straight. Basiphallus with membrane extending beyond hypophallus distinctly pigmented marginally. Mesophallus with a short ventral process basally. Distiphallus with a distinctive curvature basally. Ejaculatory apodeme very large, almost 1.5 times as high as epandrium, narrow basally, broadly expanded distally.
Female genitalia: ovipositor sheath as long as basal conus or slightly shorter, moderately narrowing distally. Spermathecae very small, semiorbicular, dark colored above, sometimes with whitish punctuation, hyaline below. Neck forming narrow sclerotized ring. Ducts very broad.