New species and new records of leaf-miner flies (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from rainforest and inselberg at Mitaraka (French Guiana)

The Agromyzidae Fallén, 1823 fauna of French Guiana has never been previously studied and only five well known and economically important species had been reported from this region. A recent expedition to the Mitaraka massif, a largely unexplored region of French Guiana, has resulted in a remarkable diversity of Agromyzidae. This study provides the first results of the taxonomic treatment of these agromyzids with the description of eight new species: Agromyza mitarakensis Boucher, n. sp., Calycomyza inselbergensis Boucher, n. sp., Cerodontha pseudonigrihalterata Boucher, n. sp., Liriomyza touroulti Boucher, n. sp., Nemorimyza thanatos Boucher, n. sp., Phytobia corona Boucher, n. sp., Phytobia dalensi Boucher, n. sp., Phytobia pluviasilvae Boucher, n. sp., and the first record of two Neotropical species previously unreported from French Guiana: Calycomyza grenadensis Zlobin, 1996 and Phytoliriomyza jurgensi Spencer, 1983. Diagnoses and systematic notes are provided for each species together with photographs of habitus and male genitalia. The agromyzid fauna of French Guiana now includes 15 described species.