Melanagromyza fabae [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 fabae Spencer, 1973
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Melanagromyza fabae Spencer, 1973a. Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance : 41
Melanagromyza fabae Spencer, 1973a; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 112, 126 (figs 450-1), 127.

Root-feeder: Larva feeds and pupariates in root (Spencer, 1990: 127).

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:

Fabaceae
Vicia	faba	Broad Bean		Spencer, 1990: 112

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: England (Spencer, 1990: 127).

Distribution elsewhere: Germany and Spanish mainland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Vicia faba

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available
Chorebus cylindricus (Telenga, 1935)	Braconidae: Alysiinae


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	Last updated 09-Jul-2019 Brian Pitkin