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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
Hasty NC Leaf miner on Carphephorus bdelifolius L1 2016 2 - Liriomyza carphephori Duke forest new hope fire station trail leaf miner on Elephantopus carolinianus DF6 2016 2 - Nemorimyza posticata St. Andrews leaf miner on Centrosema virginianum SA645 2016 5 - Calycomyza malvae St. Andrews leaf miner on Mecardonia actuminata SA897 Carolina bay 2017 3 - Liriomyza trifolii Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Avicennia germinans D1336 2018 3 - Liriomyza avicenniae Liriomyza? Laurinburg leaf miner on Hieracium gronovii SA1605 2019 5 - Calycomyza novascotiensis Pelham Road leaf miner on Baccharis halimifolia D2261 adult 2 2020 1 - Calycomyza new-species-on-baccharis-halimifolia
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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