Part 2 - Descriptions of New Species 
and Taxonomic Notes 
In this primarily taxonomic section, 
85 new species are described, 22 new 
synonymies and 16 new combinations are 
established, and records are given, 
including details of original 
description and type location, of 
species new to the United States. The 
status of a number of species is 
discussed and as far as possible 
clarified. In addition, three 
lectotype designations are made, one 
in the genus Calycomyza and two in the 
Phytomyza . 
GENUS MELANAGROMYZA HENDEL 
Eight new species are described, two 
new synonyms are established, and three 
species are recorded as new to the 
United States. New State records are 
given for three species, and the 
taxonomic positions of three are 
briefly discussed. 
Me 1 ana gr omy z a angel icae (Frost) 
(Figs. 54, 55) 
Agromyza angelicae Frost, 1934: 40. 
Holotype male from Ithaca, N.Y. , in 
USNM. 
Melanagromyza angelicae, Frick, 1952a: 
377; 1959: 362. 
Melanagromyza angelicae , Steyskal, 
1981: 38. 
In addition to the type series from 
New York, Frost included as paratypes 
specimens caught at Pacific Grove, 
Calif., by Aldrich in 1906. The 
latter have been examined and prove to 
represent M. marinensis Spencer, 1981, 
described from Marin County, Calif. 
Specimens have been confirmed from 
Ohio and it seems probable that M. 
angelicae is restricted to the East. 
In Europe, the name "angelicae" was 
originally used for the species 
feeding commonly in stems of Angelica 
sylvestris and occasionally also in 
Heracleum and Pastinaca , but it was 
later discovered that this represents 
a distinct species described as M. 
angeliciphaga by Spencer (1969b). 
New record. 
Ohio, Portage Co., Streetsboro, 12 
m., 1 f., emerged March 1970 ex 
Angelica stems (D. Witwer), in KAS. 
Melanagromyza buccalis Spencer 
(new to U.S . A. ) 
(Figs. 60-62) 
Melanagromyza buccalis Spencer, 1969a: 
67. Holotype male from Quebec in 
CNC. 
M. buccalis occurs widely in Ontario 
and Quebec and was recently found to 
be widespread in California. The 
forwardly projecting gena and 
distinctive male genitalia make the 
species readily recognizable (figs. 
60-62). 
Additional material now studied shows 
the species to be present also in 
Colorado, Maryland, New York, and 
Virginia. In California, one host was 
believed to be Arnica , but it now 
seems clear that other genera of 
Asteraceae are attacked. 
New records. 
Colorado, Boulder Co., Valmont Butte, 
5,300 ft, 1 f., 1. VII. 61 (J. R. 
Staines, CNC); Clear Creek Co., 5 
miles SW of Idaho Springs, 8,600 
ft, 1 m., 27. VII. 61 (J. G. 
Chillcott, CNC). 
Maryland, Montgomery Co, Bethesda, 4 
m., 1 f., 24. VIII. 75 (USNM). 
New York, Long Is., Babylon, 2 f., 
20. VI and 5.IX.35; 1 f., 28. VI. 36 
(Blanton and Borders, CUI) ; Fair 
Haven Beach S.P., 1 m., 7. VI. 68 (G. 
and K. Eickwort, CUI) ; Ithaca, 1 m., 
"July" (S. W. Frost, CUI) . 
Virginia, Montgomery Co., Blacksburg, 
2,100 ft, 1 f., 28.V.62; Christians- 
burg, Montgomery Co., 1 f., 2. VII. 62 
(both J. G. Chillcott, CNC). 
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