Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Agromyzidae..Phytomyza sp. ?
|
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 31-08-2008 00:27
|
 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Photographed this little guy on Fuchsia bush in my garden last week. Size approx. 3-4mm Change of Heading. ID'd as Agromyzidae by Nikita. Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [180.67Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 18-01-2009 04:27 |
|
|
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 31-08-2008 00:27
|
|
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Pic. 2
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [177.46Kb] |
|
|
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 31-08-2008 00:28
|
|
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Pic. 3
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [161.86Kb] |
|
|
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 31-08-2008 00:29
|
|
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Last picture
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [181.73Kb] |
|
|
|
| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 31-08-2008 08:39
|
 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9555 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Agromyzidae
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
|
|
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-01-2009 04:23
|
|
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Sorry for dragging up a very old thread, but can anyone take this any further. I only have 3 types of these in my Checklist, all of which are Phytomyza; P.angelica, P.lonicerae and P.syngenisiae/horticola. As mentioned in the first post this fly was on a Fuchsia Bush which is growing under Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.). Would that make P.lonicerae favourite? Agromyzidae seem to be like hens teeth in the Gallery, are they a rarity, or are Members photographing them and not putting them forward? |
|
|
|
| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 18-01-2009 05:41
|
 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Roger! rogerthomason wrote: Agromyzidae seem to be like hens teeth in the Gallery, are they a rarity, or are Members photographing them and not putting them forward? In the german checklist there are 552 species of Agromyzidae (820 expected), most of which are small, unconspicuos flies. I have taken many photographs of Agromyzids, but most stored as Agromyzidae sp.... I guess, that's no family suitable for photo identification... 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
 |
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 18-01-2009 08:55
|
|
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Juergen Thanks for the reply...so similar to Anthomyiidae then, sp. mostly. That's a bummer . Wonder if anyone can say if it is even Phytomyza sp. ?Regards Roger |
|
|
|
| mcerny |
Posted on 18-01-2009 17:12
|
|
Member Location: Czech Republic Posts: 677 Joined: 15.07.08 |
This is species of genus Agromyza. Characteristic for Phytomyza are: subcosta becoming a fold distally and ending in costa separated and basad of vein R1, costa extendin strongly to vein R4+5, cross vein DM-Cu and preascutellar setae lacking. On Fuchsia minings only Liriomyza trifolii. Milos |
|
|
|
| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 19-01-2009 01:35
|
|
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5269 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks for a very descriptive post Milos (some of which I understand). Confused, in what is supposed to be my native tongue by a Czech, that's a first  . I will suss it out, but I am probably the most Rank Amatuer on this site. The fly appears to be laying eggs into the leaf by its posture, but I don't know its normal posture? Are you saying this is L.trifolii? Regards Roger |
|
|
|
| Jump to Forum: |