Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Agromyzidae..Phytomyza sp. ?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-08-2008 00:27
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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.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 18-01-2009 04:27
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-08-2008 00:27
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Pic. 2
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-08-2008 00:28
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Pic. 3
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-08-2008 00:29
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Last picture
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-08-2008 08:39
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Agromyzidae
Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-01-2009 04:23
#6
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?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-01-2009 05:41
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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... :|
Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-01-2009 08:55
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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
Posted by mcerny on 18-01-2009 17:12
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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
Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-01-2009 01:35
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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