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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae)
Family Agromyzidae - Leaf Miner Flies
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily
Opomyzoidea
Family
Agromyzidae (Leaf Miner Flies)
Explanation of Names
Agromyzidae Fallén 1823
Numbers
~640 spp. in 19 genera in our area
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, >3,000 spp. in >40 genera worldwide
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Size
1-5 mm
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Identification
Small, color is usually blackish or yellowish. Most species are more easily recognized by the mines than by the insects themselves.
Food
Larvae are leafminers, some are stem or seed borers
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Print References
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Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
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USDA Diptera Site (now closed)
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Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.
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Agromyzidae of Florida with a supplement on species from the Caribbean
Spencer K.A., Stegmaier C.E., Jr. 1973. Florida Department of Agriculture. Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas v. 7. iv+205 pp. .
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Manual of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the United States - Agriculture Handbook Number 638
Kenneth A. Spencer and George C. Steyskal. 1986. United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service.
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Manual of North American Agromyzidae (Diptera, Schizophora), with revision of the fauna of the “Delmarva” states
Owen Lonsdale. 2021. ZooKeys 1051: 1–481 .
Contributed by
tom murray
on 15 August, 2005 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Keith Bayless
,
Bbarnd
,
Vox Sciurorum
,
ceiseman
,
v belov
,
Harsi S. Parker
,
Nathaniel Green
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 5:03pm