Subgenus Napomyza

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Print References

Colorful tiny fly - Phytomyza gymnostoma

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)

Subfamily Phytomyzinae

Genus Phytomyza

No Taxon Subgenus Napomyza

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly considered a full genus; placed under Phytomyza by Winkler et al. (2009).

Numbers

14 spp. in the US and Canada

Remarks

Larvae typically feed and pupate in stems and flowerheads.

Print References

Winkler, Isaac S., Sonja J. Scheffer, and Charles Mitter. 2009. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae): delimitation of Phytomyza Fallén sensu lato and included species groups, with new insights on morphological and host-use evolution. Systematic Entomology 34:260–292.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 May, 2016 - 5:04pm

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