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

Genus Liriomyza

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

frit fly ? Bioblitz fly #3179 - 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

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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)

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 14 February, 2007 - 4:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 4 January, 2019 - 10:28pm

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