Phytobia errans [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

Phytobia errans (Meigen, 1830)
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Agromyza errans Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 178
Agromyza errans Meigen, 1830; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 26
Phytobia errans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 40 (fig. 125), 44.
Phytobia errans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 155, figs 281-2.

Lifestyle: Unknown, probably a stem-borer.

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: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: July.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Kent (Dartford and Tunbridge Wells), Hertfordshire (Felden), Oxford (Hill Copse, Hogley, Yarnton), Dunbartonshire (Bonhill) (Spencer, 1972b: 44); Glamorgan, Montgomeryshire and Stafford (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark (Spencer, 1976: 155), French mainland, Italian mainland, Spanish mainland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Host species unknown

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


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	Last updated 12-Jun-2017 Brian Pitkin