Phytomyza flavofemorata [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

Phytomyza flavofemorata Strobl, 1893
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytomyza crassiseta var. flavofemorata Strobl, 1893. Wien. ent. Ztg. 12: 306
Phytomyza pratensis de Meijere, 1926. Tijdschr. Ent. 69: 284. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 419].
Phytomyza melampyri Hering, 1934b. Märk. Tierwelt 1(1): 19. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 419]
Phytomyza lapponica Rydén, 1949. Opusc. ent. 14: 88. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 419]
Phytomyza distantipilia Frey, 1950. Notul. ent. 30: 16. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 419]
Phytomyza kemneri Rydén, 1953. Ent. Meddr. 26: 16 [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 419]
Phytomyza flavivertex Hering, 1955b. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums, Forschungsstelle Görlitz 34: 180. [Synonymised by Spencer, 1976: 419]
Phytomyza flavofemorata Strobl, 1893; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 419-421, figs 731, 732.
Phytomyza flavofemorata Strobl, 1893; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 222, 226 (fig. 854), 227.

Seed-feeder: Larva feeding and pupating in seed-head (Spencer, 1976: 420).

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).

Shining black or pale brown, oval (Spencer, 1976: 420).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere:

Scrophulariaceae
Melampyrum				Spencer, 1976: 420
Melampyrum				Spencer, 1990: 222
Melampyrum	arvense	Field Cow-wheat		Spencer, 1976: 420
Melampyrum	pratense	Common Cow-wheat		Spencer, 1976: 420

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Added to the British checklist by Henshaw in Chandler, 1998.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 419), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 570), Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia (Martinez 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Melampyrum arvense, Melampyrum pratense

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


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	Last updated 27-Apr-2017 Brian Pitkin