Phytomyza nigritula [Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytomyza nigritula Zetterstedt, 1838
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytomyza nigritula Zetterstedt, 1838. Insecta Lapponica: 793.
Phytomyza cineracea Hendel, 1920. Arch. Naturgesch. 84A(7) (1918): 166.
Phytomyza cineracea Hendel, 1920; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 376.
Phytomyza nigrigenis Hering, 1937b. Mitt. dt. ent. Ges. 8(6-7): 76. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 341].
Phytomyza cineracea Hendel, 1920; Spencer, 1972. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 71, 81, 95.
Napomyza nigritula (Zetterstedt, 1828); Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 341-3, figs 622-3.
Napomyza nigritula (Zetterstedt, 1828); Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 21, 38, 39 (fig. 129), 50.
Phytomyza nigritula Zetterstedt, 1838; Zlobin, 1994. Dipterological Research 5: PAGE.

Stem-borer: Larva feeding as internal stem-borer (Spencer, 1972: 95, as Phytomyza cineracea).

Larva: Details unknown.

Puparium: Elongate, slightly tapering, pale brown; posterior spiracles scarcely raised, each with an ellipse of 16-25 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 342).

Hosts in Britain:

Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus			Pitkin and Plant, as Napomyza
Ranunculus	acris	Meadow Buttercup	Spencer, 1972: 118, as cineracea
Ranunculus	lanuginosus		Spencer, 1972: 119, as cineracea
Ranunculus	repens	Creeping Buttercup	Spencer, 1972: 119, as cineracea

Hosts elsewhere:

Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus			Spencer, 1976: 342
Ranunculus			Spencer, 1990: 21
Ranunculus	flammula	Lesser Spearwort	Spencer, 1976: 342

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread. Berkshire (Newbury), Wiltshire (Gastard), Lincoln (Crowland), Inverness (Aviemore) and Perth (Fontingall) (Spencer, 1972: 91, as cineracea); East Norfolk, East Suffolk, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Iceland (Spencer, 1976: 342), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 566), Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in Canada (Spencer, 1976: 342).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus flammula, Ranunculus repens

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Pachyneuron muscarum (Linnaeus, 1758)	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
Stenomalina gracilis (Walker, 1834)	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae


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	Last updated 26-Jan-2012 Brian Pitkin