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143-146 Volosach Słupskie Prace Biologiczne Nr 16 ss. 143-146 2019 ISSN 1734-0926 Przyjęto: 14.11.2019 © Instytut Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku Zaakceptowano: 28.12.2019 FIRST REPORT OF CHROMATOMYIA APRILINA (GOUREAU, 1851) (DIPTERA: AGROMYZIDAE) IN BELARUS Marina Volosach Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus Department of Zoology e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The species of mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Chromatomyia aprilina (Goureau, 1851) is recorded for the first time in Belarus with specimens collected in Minsk. Key words: alien species, fauna, honeysuckle, miners, mining flies, ornamental shrubs, snowberry The world fauna of mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) includes approximately 2900 species (Ortiz 2009). Agromyzid larvae inhabits non-lignified parts of living plants (herbs, deciduous shrubs and trees), creating so-called “mines”. The majority of species of the family develop inside the leaf parenchyma tissues. Many Agromyz- idae are considered to be as important economic pests. The state of knowledge of species composition, biology and ecology of mining flies living in Belarus remains insufficient. Ch. aprilina (Goureau, 1851) – oligophagous species of flies, which larvae mine leaves of plants from the Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae): honeysuckle ( Loni- cera L.) and snowberry ( Symphoricarpos Duhamel). The species’ distribution includes Ireland, Britain, Norwegian mainland, French mainland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Span- ish mainland, Corsica, Italian mainland and North Africa (Franz 1989; Pape and Beuk 2014). The larvae and puparia of the species were found on one site in Minsk – Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 53.914030 N, 143 27.615220 E on 10 th October 2018 on European fly honeysuckle ( Lonicera xyloste- um L.). Collected leaf samples were dried and preserved according to the herbarium techniques (Bridson and Forman 1998). All material has been deposed in the collec- tions of the Zoological department of the Belarusian State University (Minsk, Bela- rus). The mines of Ch. aprilina are initially stellate, then, passing along the main vein of the lamina, become linear. Frass arranged in conspicuous strings. Unlike the liter- ary sources (Ellis 2018), puparia were not green, but light brown, also our observa- tion revealed presence the puparia on the upper leaf surface. Pupation occurs within the mine. Earlier K. Palmer (2009) and D. Hubble (2010) (as cited in Edmunds 2019) published their findings made in early spring (26 th February and 21 st May in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK): unusual mine forms of Ch. aprilina that lies away from the midrib, also, their frass pattern resembles Chromatomyia lonicerae (Robineau- Desvoidy, 1851). According to Ellis (2018), the species is bivoltine, the first generation develops at the beginning of summer, the second – in the autumn. We have observed from 1 to 5 larvae per leaf, causing high occupancy. Visually the occupation of the shrub can be estimated as 4 points from 4 (Gorlenko et al. 1988), that means heavy infestation of the honeysuckle. REFERENCES Bridson D., Forman L. 1998. The Herbarium Handbook. 3rd ed. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. UK. Edmunds R. 2019. British leafminers, www.leafmines.co.uk (22.04.2020). Ellis W.N. 2018. Leafminers and plant galls of Europe, bladmineerders.nl (22.04.2020). Franz H. 1989. Diptera Cyclorapha. In: Die Nordost-Alpen im Spiegel ihrer Landtierwelt. Eine Gebietsmonographie umfassend: Fauna, Faunengeschichte, Lebensgemeinschaften und Beeinflussung der Tierwelt durch den Menschen 6 (2). Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck. Gorlenko S.V., Blintsov A.I., Pan’ko N.A. 1988. Ustoychivost’ drevesnykh rasteniy k bioti- cheskim faktoram [Resistance of woody plants to biotic factors], Minsk: Nauka i tekhnika (in Russian). Hubble D. 2010. Hampshire records of Chromatomyia aprilina Goureau, 1851 (Diptera, Agromyz- idae): an under-recorded leaf miner? Dipterists Digest, 17 (1): 63-64. Ortiz R.G. 2009. Biosystematic contributions to Agromyzidae: thesis Doctoral: Oct. 2009, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Palmer K. 2009. Winter mines of Chromatomyia aprilina (Goureau 1851, Diptera: Agromyzi- dae): first UK records. The Entomologist’s Record and J. of Variation, 121 (4): 164-165. Pape T., Beuk P. 2014. Fauna Europea: Diptera. Version 2.6.2, www.fauna-eu.org (22.04.2020). SUMMARY The paper presents the first finding of mining fly Chromatomyia aprilina (Goureau, 1851) from family Agromyzidae (Diptera) in Belorussian insect fauna, with specimens collected in Minsk. 144 Ch. aprilina – widely distributed oligophagous species, larvae feed on the leaf mesophyll tissue of the honeysuckle ( Lonicera L.) and snowberry ( Symphoricarpos Duhamel), inflicting damage to the host plants. The larvae and puparia were found at one site in Minsk on European fly honeysuckle ( Lonicera xylosteum L.). Visual ob- servation revealed the high occupation of the host plant: 4 points from 4, according to Gorlenko et al. 1988. 145 146 .
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