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small fly - Melanagromyza
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

small fly - Melanagromyza
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 15, 2005
Size: 3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 May, 2005 - 9:54pm
Last updated 20 November, 2008 - 3:28am

Moved
Moved from Phytobia.
… Keith Bayless, 20 November, 2008 - 3:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Agromyzidae.
… Keith Bayless, 14 February, 2007 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Could it be...
Could it be one of the cambium mining species of the Agromyzidae, Phytobia?

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 15 August, 2005 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

 
Melanagromyza
The metallic green shine and dark bulging lunule suggests Melanagromyza.
… Owen Lonsdale, 7 November, 2008 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks right
I found an image on http://collections.ic.gc.ca/biodiversity/family/Agromyzidae.html
and it looks like it.
… tom murray, 15 August, 2005 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

 
More or less
The general impression of a small dark fly resembling an agromyzid is indeed correct, that is why I suggested it, but I can recall similar flies as on the original picture from here (in the Netherlands) and they differ from the 'average' agromyzid (as the one you refer to). The difference being that they have broader wings and they keep them slightly apart from each other. From what I can recall they also move somewhat erratic on the leaves, rather than the slow walking that you see in the 'average' agromyzid. But maybe I am confusing a few groups. So I will have a check in the keys when I get home. ;-)

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 15 August, 2005 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

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