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Ophiomyia camarae
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Copyright © 2015
John Schneider
Ophiomyia camarae? -
Ophiomyia camarae
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Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
November 1, 2015
Emerged from Lantana leaf mine.
First Bugguide image of the actual fly rather than the mine.
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Contributed by
John Schneider
on 6 November, 2015 - 6:32pm
Last updated 17 June, 2017 - 12:32am
pupation chamber
In virtually every mine of this species that I've seen, the pupation chamber is on the first or second major vein (counting from the base of the leaf). Just an observation.
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John Schneider
, 15 February, 2016 - 11:04am
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Moved
Moved from
Ophiomyia
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Charley Eiseman
, 6 November, 2015 - 7:02pm
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Probably correct
Since this would be a new state record as well as a new host record, it would be great if a specimen could be preserved and sent to Owen Lonsdale for verification. Unfortunately, a male would be needed for this. Very few female agromyzids can be confidently identified to species. But since the mine is consistent with
O. camarae
and there are no known alternatives, we'll call it that until we have evidence to the contrary.
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Charley Eiseman
, 6 November, 2015 - 7:01pm
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Thanks, Charley
I'll keep an eye out for occupied mines. Do you know what Lantana species the plant is? I was assuming it was L. camara.
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John Schneider
, 6 November, 2015 - 7:12pm
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Oh, it might be
Sorry, I had recently seen a photo of a similar mine on
L. urticoides
from Texas and was thinking that had been yours, but that was on a blog rather than on BugGuide. I don't know
Lantana
species at all.
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Charley Eiseman
, 6 November, 2015 - 7:20pm
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No problem
I really don't know Lantana species either. This one has all yellow flowers, for what that's worth.
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John Schneider
, 6 November, 2015 - 7:24pm
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