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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Phytomyza » agromyzina species group (Phytomyza agromyzina species group) » periclymeni superspecies (Phytomyza periclymeni superspecies) » Phytomyza triostevena

Species Phytomyza triostevena

Classification · Explanation of Names · Works Cited
Midrib miner, Triosteum - Phytomyza triostevena Midrib miner, Triosteum - Phytomyza triostevena Midrib miner, Triosteum - Phytomyza triostevena Midrib miner, Triosteum - Phytomyza triostevena Midrib miner, Triosteum - Phytomyza triostevena
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 (agromyzina species group)
No Taxon (periclymeni superspecies)
Species triostevena (Phytomyza triostevena)
Explanation of Names
Authors: Eiseman & Lonsdale, 2021 (1)
"The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, a portmanteau referring to the position of the larval mines in the veins and midribs of leaves of Triosteum L. (L. vena—a vein)."
Works Cited
1.13 new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States, with new host and distribution records for 32 additional species
Eiseman, Lonsdale, van der Linden, Feldman, Palmer. 2021. Zootaxa.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 December, 2019 - 11:41am
Last updated 19 February, 2021 - 6:37am

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