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Genus Liriomyza

frit fly ? Bioblitz fly #3179 - Liriomyza Unid Leafminer Dhh6 - Liriomyza Fly - Liriomyza Leaf mine on Cup Plant - Liriomyza Miner on Trifolium repens - Liriomyza Miner on Lupinus - Liriomyza Weymouth Woods leaf miner on Euphorbia D2195 2020 7 - Liriomyza n-sp-on-euphorbia-curtisii Penny's Bend leaf miner on Helianthus D2358 2020 4 - Liriomyza
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 Liriomyza
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Galiomyza Spencer, 1981 was synonymized with Liriomyza by Lonsdale (2017).
Explanation of Names
Liriomyza Mik 1894
Numbers
~70 spp. in our area(1), ~220 total(2)
Identification
Frons dark, first flagellomere yellow, fore tibia without lateral setae, first flagellomere without apical spine, M1+2 ending nearer to wing tip than R4+5, halter light colored, C extends to M1+2, fronto-orbital setae erect, reclinate, or absent, Sc incomplete(1)
Habitat
The larvae all mine leaves. 3 species, L. huidobrensis, L. sativae, and L. trifolii are highly polyphagous and are agricultural pests in Florida and California. (1)
Food
pest spp:
Liriomyza brassicae (Riley) - Serpentine leaf miner
Liriomyza sativae Blanchard - Vegetable leaf miner
Life Cycle
Leaf mine | Puparium in leaf | Puparium | Adult
Remarks
Like a few other agromyzid genera, these produce sound with a stridulatory comb on hind femur and a file on 1st abdominal segment(1).
Print References
Lonsdale, Owen. 2017. The Liriomyza (Diptera: Schizophora: Agromyzidae) of Canada & Alaska. Zootaxa 4234 (1): 1–156.
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)