New State Record of Phytomyza ditmani Kulp (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Arkansas

Ty S. Sharrow^1,*, Brody G. King¹, Andrew Sweet¹, and Tanja McKay¹

¹Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078. ²US Geological Survey, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Stillwater, OK 74078. ³Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. *Corresponding author.

Southeastern Naturalist, Volume 23, Issue 3 (2024): N50–N55

First published early online: 1 September 2024

Abstract
We found leafmines of Phytomyza ditmani on Ilex decidua (Possumhaw) in Craighead County, AR, in the spring of 2023. We collected larvae and pupae of P. ditmani in the field and reared them in the lab to obtain adult forms. Through genetic sequencing of a barcoding gene, we confirmed the identity of the flies as P. ditmani. To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed record of P. ditmani in Arkansas and the mid-south region of the US.

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