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Ophiomyia insularis (Malloch) 



Agromyza insularis Malloch, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 6, p. 318, 1913 (figure of 

 male head). 



The male from which Malloch illustrated the head is now represented 

 by part of one wing. The female is in good condition and the head is 

 illustrated (fig. 50). The head is very similar to that of 0. lantanae 

 except that the gena is a little higher in this species. The type is 

 from Cuba. 



Ophiomyia lantanae (Froggatt) 



Agromyza lantanae Froggatt, Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, vol. 30, p. 665, 1919. 

 Agromyza curvipalpis (Zetterstedt), Melander (part), Journ. New York Ent. Soc, 



vol. 21, p. 251, 1913 (4 from Hawaii). 

 Agromyza longicauda Curran, Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin 



Islands, vol. 11, pt. 1, p. 65, 1928. 



0. lantanae is similar to 0. maura but has the gena wider and the eye 

 is relatively high and narrow like that of 0. insularis (fig. 50). The 

 larvae feed in the seeds of Laniana camara L. and possibly other 

 Lantana sp. I have seen specimens reared from larvae from southern 

 California, southern Texas, and Florida in the United States. Other 

 North American locaUties include Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, 

 Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras. 



Ophiomyia major (Strobl) 



Agromyza major Strobl, Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien Herzegovina, vol. 7, p. 266, 1900. 

 Ophiomyia major (Strobl), Hendel, in Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen 



Region, fam. 59, p. 187, 1931 (figure of head). 

 Agromyza vibrissala Malloch, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 6, p. 316, 1913 (figures 



of cf and 9 heads and wing). 



This is a large species (2.75 mm. in wing length) for an Ophiomyia. 

 The gena is high (about one-third the eye height), only the dorsal 

 upper-orbital seta is reclinate, and the most ventral lower-orbital is 

 reclinate as well as inwardly directed. No larval host plants are 

 known, even in Europe where 0. major is rather widespread. The 

 type series of 0. vibrissata is from Georgia. 



Ophiomyia maura (Meigen) 



Agromyza maura Meigen, Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europai- 



schen zweiflugeligen Insekten, vol. 7, p. 399, 1838. 

 Ophiomyia maura (Meigen), Hendel, in Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen 



Region, fam. 59, p. 188, 1931 (figures of cf and ? heads and wing). 

 Agromyza affinis Malloch, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 6, p. 317, 1913. 

 Agromyza iexana (Malloch), Frost (part), Mem. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., 



vol. 78, p, 42, 1924 (figures of leaf mines on Aster sp. and Solidago sp.). 



This species is similar to 0. lantanae but has a very narrow gena and 

 the eye is relatively wide for its height (in a ratio of 4: 5). The vib- 

 rissal fasciculus of the male is shorter (about one-third of the eye 



