Phytomyza (Ptochomyza) asparagi Hering, 1942

Dawah, Hassan A. & Deeming, John C., 2025, An overview of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia with additional world distributional data, Zootaxa 5583 (1), pp. 1-38 : 23

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:146A0D77-A0E6-483E-AA6F-055D743BA9B1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14797567

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F2A41D-FFBF-5617-FF2A-6B333972FA47

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Plazi

scientific name

Phytomyza (Ptochomyza) asparagi Hering, 1942
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Phytomyza (Ptochomyza) asparagi Hering, 1942 View in CoL

( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27–28 )

Ptochomyza asparagi Hering, 1942: 530 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, 1♀, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel , 24.vii.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC; ENRC); 1♂, 1♀, same data but 12.v.–3.vi.2015 ( NMWC; ENRC).

Distribution. First record from Saudi Arabia. This species was described from Germany and was further recorded from the Palaearctic Region: China, France, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Spain and Europe ( Papp 1984a; Černý 2009).

Host remarks. This species is monophagous on Asparagus L. ( Asparagaceae ) and is not considered to be a significant pest.

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

SubFamily

Phytomyzinae

Genus

Phytomyza

Loc

Phytomyza (Ptochomyza) asparagi Hering, 1942

Dawah, Hassan A. & Deeming, John C. 2025
2025
Loc

Ptochomyza asparagi

Hering, E. M. 1942: 530
1942
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