Grigoryan N.M.1, Hovhannisyan V.S.2 2023. The first records of the genus Calycomyza Hendel (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from the South Caucasus // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.22. No.2: 81–84 [in English].
1 Artsakh State University, Biology and Chemistry Department, 5 Mkhitar Gosh Str., Stepanakert 375000. E-mail: nonna.grigoryan.88@mail.ru
2 Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, NAS of Armenia, P. Sevak Str. 7, Yerevan 0014 Armenia. E-mail: varugh_zool52@mail.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.22.02.05
ABSTRACT. From 2018 to the present day we study the species composition of the Agromyzidae family in the Artsakh region of the South Caucasus. Our research aims to detect pests of cultivated as well as non-cultivated plants. During the studies we discovered mining flies that damage wild medicinal, ornamental plants and weeds. The article presents the species morphological and ecological characteristics of the genus Calycomyza mentioned for the first time in the region of South Caucasus, described the mines types formed by the larvae, the host plants and the damage degree of infected plants.
KEY WORDS: Agromyzidae, mining fly, larva, pupa, Artsakh, fauna, aedeagus.