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Provisional
keys for the identification of the known leaf and stem mines
of flies of Britain are provided. A total of 784 host plant
genera representing 119 families are discussed, although only
589 of these include native or alien species in the wild in
Britain. A total of 208 keys to the mines of flies by host plant
genus and 103 links to keys of related host genera are provided.
A
total of 319 dipterous leaf-miners, 11 dipterous leaf- and stem-miners
and 23 dipterous stem-miners are included in this account, although
6 of the leaf-miners are not accepted as British and 3 of the
leaf-miners are known only from glasshouses and/or in quarantine.
Checklists of the mining flies are given.
The
majority of dipterous mines are due to the feeding activities
of species of the family Agromyzidae, commonly called leaf-miners,
but 74 species in 10 other Diptera families are included , along
with all other agromyzids. The lifestyle and hosts of 53 British
agromyzids are currently unknown.
The
synonymy and known host preferences, biology and distribution
are given for each of the 462 species of fly included along
with a list of their known chalcidoid parasitoids. Links, where
they exist, are included to species accounts in Bladmineerders
van Europa (formerly Nederlandse bladmineerders), British
Leafminers and Fauna
Europaea. Google search links are included for all fly species
discussed. Search links to John Noyes' Universal
Chalcidoid Database for 82 species of parasitoid on 177
species of Diptera are provided.
Full-colour
images of dipterous leaf-mines are provided for 142 species,
but this number will increase as additional reared adult miners
are identified.
Lists
of the known British mining (and case bearing) moths (Lepidoptera),
beetles (Coleoptera) and sawflies (Hymenoptera) are given for
each of the host plant genera discussed. The host plant genera
associations include those included in the British
Leafminers website, combining those cited on the
individual insect species pages with the lists compiled by Pitkin
& Plant, 2005 and those included in UKMoths.
The
lists of mining moths, beetles and sawflies include external
links (where they exist) to relevant pages on other websites.
The linked pages on the British
Leafminers and Bladmineerders van Europa websites usually include one or more images
of a mine and sometimes the larva and pupa (and for coleophorids
the case). The linked pages on UKMoths
website usually include an image of the adult and frequently
the larva, pupa and mine (and for coleophorids the case). Together
these linked pages should provide a means of identifying the
mines of the majority of the known non-dipterous leaf-miners
recorded in Britain.
Checklists
of the mining moths, beetles and sawflies are given.
Search
links to John Noyes' Universal
Chalcidoid Database are provided.
Full-colour
images of species of host plant are provided for 195 of the
host plant genera, although not all are known host plants of
fly miners in Britain. Links from 166 of the included host plant
species to the Botanical
Society of the British Isles (BSBI) Map Scheme (formerly
Atlas Update Project) are provided, showing their hectad distribution.
Checklists
by scientific and common name (where they exist) are given for
all host plants.
If
you notice any errors or omissions please contact Brian
Pitkin. There is hyperlink to his e-mail address at the
foot of every page. Just click on his name to launch your own
e-mail application. Please quote the name of the fly, parasitoid
or host plant in the subject of your e-mail.
This
version comprises static web pages (HTML). The final version
will appear as dynamic web pages (using JSP) and will be published
on the Natural History Museum's website later this year/early
next year. It will include the ability to search for fly miners,
host plants and parasitoids.
e-mail:
Brian
Pitkin,
Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Natural History
Museum, London, SW7 5BD.
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