Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Family or further. Agromyzidae

Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-07-2009 09:45
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Don't know where to put this little fly, who was found blowing bubbles on Ribes Hedge.
Size <4mm ish.

EDIT;..Agromyzidae added to Heading

Edited by Roger Thomason on 17-07-2009 04:17

Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-07-2009 09:45
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-07-2009 09:46
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Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-07-2009 11:04
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Female Agromyza?

Posted by Kahis on 16-07-2009 13:28
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The size would match Phytobia better than Agromyza.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-07-2009 13:53
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Fair enough. They are hardly my speciality, so...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 17-07-2009 04:14
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Hi Kahis / Paul
So it is Agromyzidae...Phytobia or Agromyza.
Well if you put the two together you get Phytomyza which is the type on my Checklist. There are three listed;
P.angelica, P.lonicera and P.syngenisiae.
Don't know if that is of any help. If size matters, I'd say this was probably closer to 3mm than 4mm, hard to remember, I think I tend to over-estimate.
Regards and thanks for your replies.....Roger