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Ophiomyia orbiculata (Hendel, 1931) [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Melanagromyza orbiculata Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 169. Melanagromyza hexachaeta Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 166. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1964: 799] Melanagromyza nostradamus Hering, 1933. Konowia. 12: 39. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1964: 799] Melanagromyza paracelsus Hering, 1933. Konowia. 12: 40. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1966: 53] Melanagromyza cagliostro Rohdendorf-Holmanova, 1958. Rev. Ent. U.S.S.R. 37: 385. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1964: 799] Ophiomyia orbiculata (Hendel, 1931); Spencer, 1964a. Beitr. Ent. 14: 799. Ophiomyia orbiculata (Hendel, 1931); Spencer, 1966. Beitr. Ent. 16: 53. Ophiomyia orbiculata (Hendel, 1931); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 21 (figs 35-6), 25, 117, 118. Ophiomyia orbiculata (Hendel, 1931); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 72-3, figs 89-90. Ophiomyia orbiculata (Hendel, 1931); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 112, 127, 128 (figs 454-5), 140, 163, 178.

Stem-miner: An external stem mine. Pupation in the stem, near or even below ground level, with the anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis (Spencer, 1976: 72-3). Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Reddish-brown; posterior spiracles widely separated, each having 17-22 bulbs (Spencer, 1972b: 21 (fig. 36), 25; Spencer, 1976: 72, 73 (fig. 90). Hosts in Britain: Fabaceae       Lathyrus latifolius Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea Robbins, 1991: 47 Pisum sativum Garden Pea Spencer, 1972b: 117 Vicia spp.   Spencer, 1972b: 118 Hosts elsewhere: Fabaceae       Pisum     Spencer, 1990: 112 Pisum sativum Garden Pea Spencer, 1976: 72 Vicia spp.     Spencer, 1976: 72 Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: June-July. Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread in south. Middlesex (Scratch Wood), Herts (Potters Bar), Cambridge (Snailwell), Suffolk (Orford) (Spencer, 1972b: 25) and Warwick (Coventry) (Robbins, 1991: 47). NBN Distribution maps of known host species: Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in much of Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, [former] Yugoslavia, the [former] U.S.S.R. (Spencer, 1976: 72), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 542), Austria, Belarus, Czech republic, European Turkey, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Yugoslavia (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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