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

Subfamily Phytomyzinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
Sandhills gamelands leaf miner on Ilex amelanchier SG002 2015 1 - Phytomyza Pillow-top - Calycomyza Leafminer on Alliaria petiolata. - Liriomyza brassicae Diptera - Cerodontha dorsalis english plantain miner 1 - Phytomyza plantaginis Pelham road leaf miner on Cirsium vulgare D1707 Liriomyza 2019 1 - Liriomyza Phytomyzinae? - Liriomyza Horseshoe farm leaf miner on Penstemon laevigatus D4397 2023 9 - Phytomyza penstemonis
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
All species formerly placed in Chromatomyia are now Phytomyza species, per Winkler et al. (2009).
Identification
Adults: Subcosta runs parallel to R1 and reaches the costa independently. Larvae: The cephalopharyngeal skeleton has only one upper arm. (1)
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 Fallen sensu lato and included species groups, with new insights on morphological and host-use evolution. Systematic Entomology 34:260–292 (PDF)
Works Cited
1.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 Charley Eiseman on 28 January, 2011 - 1:47am
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 9:25am

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