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

 

 

DIPTERA LARVAE - POSTERIOR SPIRACLES
(examples not to scale)

Larva : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera
Pupa/Puparium : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera
Diptera : Anterior spiracles : Posterior spiracles : Cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton

Spiracles are the major respiratory openings in the exoskeleton of insects. Oxygen, a necessary gas for cell activity, must pass through the spiracle to enter the respiratory system. Fly larvae typically have an anterior and a posterior pair of spiracles.


Larva of Agromyza abiens
Agromyza abiens [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracles of larva, dorsal
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Agromyza anthracina [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Agromyza anthracina [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracles of larva, dorsal
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   

Agromyza anthracina [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Agromyza anthracina [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva, lateral
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Agromyza demeijerei larva,  posterior spiracles
Agromyza demeijerei [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva

Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   

Agromyza ferruginosa Posterior Spiracles of larva
Agromyza ferruginosa [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracles of larva, dorsal

Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)


Agromyza ferruginosa Posterior spiracles of larva,  lateral
Agromyza ferruginosa [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva, lateral
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   

Agromyza flaviceps Posterior spiracles of larva,  dorsal
Agromyza flaviceps [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracles of larva, dorsal

Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Agromyza idaeina Posterior spiracle of larva,  lateral
Agromyza idaeiana [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva, lateral

Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   

Agromyza igniceps [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Agromyza igniceps
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva, lateral
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Agromyza_johannae Posterior spiracles of larva,  dorsal
Agromyza johannae [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva, dorsal

Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   

Agromyza lathyri Posterior spiracles of larva,  lateral
Agromyza lathyri [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracle of larva, lateral

Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Agromyza lucida [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Agromyza lucida [Diptera: Agromyzidae]
Posterior spiracles, dorsal
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)



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