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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Ophiomyiinae » Melanagromyza

Genus Melanagromyza

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Mating Flies - Melanagromyza - male - female Stem borer, Prenanthes - Melanagromyza Seedhead stalk borer, hoary vervain - Melanagromyza verbenivora Agromyzidae, cutleaf coneflower flower heads - Melanagromyza minimoides fly - Melanagromyza Acalyptrate fly - Sepsidae? - Melanagromyza Stem borer, Scrophularia - Melanagromyza Stem borer, Prenanthes - Melanagromyza
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 Ophiomyiinae
Genus Melanagromyza
Explanation of Names
Melanagromyza Hendel 1920
Numbers
226 spp. total(1)
Identification
Metallic green Agromyzinae without prescutellar acrostichal bristles.
Life Cycle
Larvae are internal feeders, mainly in the stem but also in the flower head or root; pupation occurs within the plant(2)
Remarks
This genus was erected for black-haltered species previously treated in Agromyza(2)
Works Cited
1.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
2.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.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 12 May, 2008 - 2:26pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 23 August, 2015 - 8:17pm

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