Species Agromyza soka

Classification · Explanation of Names · Print References · Works Cited

St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria floribunda SA296 2016 4 - Agromyza soka

St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria floribunda SA296 2016 7 - Agromyza soka

St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria floribunda SA296 2016 9 - Agromyza soka

St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria floribunda SA296 larva 2016 2 - Agromyza soka

St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria floribunda SA296 pupa 2016 5 - Agromyza soka

Sedwick park leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia 2020 1 - Agromyza soka

Sedwick park leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia 2020 3 - Agromyza soka

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 Agromyzinae

Genus Agromyza

Species soka (Agromyza soka)

Explanation of Names

Authors: Eiseman & Lonsdale, 2018

The specific epithet (Gr. sokos-—“stout, strong”) refers to the complex, heavily-sclerotized phallus.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species Charles S. Eiseman & Owen Lonsdale. 2018. Zootaxa.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 September, 2018 - 9:40pm

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