The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

Delia kullensis (Ringdahl, 1933)
[Diptera: Anthomyiidae]


Hylemyia (Delia) kullensis Ringdahl, 1933. Ent. Tidskr. 54: 14
Delia kullensis (Ringdahl, 1933); Ackland and Pont, 1996. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 132: 17-21.


Lifestyle: Unknown.

Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.

Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - mines: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Confirmed as British by Ackland and Pont (1996); East Suffolk (NBN Atlas)..

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Michelsen in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, ? Bulgaria, ? Corsica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - East, North, Central and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Michelsen in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Silene vulgaris

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.



External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
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Bladmineerders van Europa
Lychnis       Hering, 1957
Lychnis       Bladmineerders van Europa
Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged-Robin British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Griffiths, 1982
Stellaria uliginosa     Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Time of year - mines: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Recorded in Britain by Ackland (1978) including Cambridgeshire, Glamorgan and Montgomeryshire, North Somerset and West Gloucestershire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe (Hering, 1957) including Germany (Griffiths, 1982), Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland and Slovakia (Michelsen in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the East Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions (Michelsen in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Lychnis flos-cuculi (= Silene flos-cuculi)

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.



External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
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