Melanagromyza cunctans [Diptera: Agromyzidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

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

Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Agromyza cunctans Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 178
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 163
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1966. Beitr. Ent. 16: 17
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 16 (figs 18-19), 17, 19, 117
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 49-50, figs 33-38
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 112, 119, 125, 126 (figs 444-6).

Gall-former: A slender cylindrical gall in the upper part of the stem (Spencer, 1972b: 18; Redfern et al, 2002: 363, fig. 459). Pupation internal.

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 ce

Bland, 2001

Hosts elsewhere:

Fabaceae
Astragalus	glycyphyllos	Wild Liquorice		Spencer, 1990

Time of year - larvae:

Time of year - adults:

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Essex (Bland, 2001).

Distribution elsewhere: Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Astragalus glycyphyllos

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


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records from Corsica, Italian mainland, Spain and Yugoslavia (Spencer, 1976: 50), Belgium, Canary Is., Czech Republic, European Turkey, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Lotus corniculatus

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chalcidoidea
Chrysocharis amyite (Walker, 1839)	Eulophidae: Entedoninae
Chrysocharis entedonoides (Walker, 1872)	Eulophidae: Entedoninae
Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available
Pholetesor viminetorum (Wesmael, 1837)	Braconidae: Microgastrinae


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	Last updated 09-Jul-2019 Brian Pitkin