Agromyza
populi
Kaltenbach, 1864. Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 21:
336
Phytomyzapopulivora Hendel, 1926. Blattminenkinde Europas
1: 55
Agromyza populi Kaltenbach, 1864; Hendel, 1932. Fliegen
palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 288
Phytomyzapopulivora Hendel, 1926; Nowakowski, 1962. Annls
zool., Warsz. 20: 102
Paraphytomyza populi (Kaltenbach, 1864); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 67
Paraphytomyza populi (Kaltenbach, 1864); Spencer, 1976.
Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 320-1, figs 576-8.
Paraphytomyza populi (Kaltenbach, 1864); Spencer, 1990.
Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera)
: 81, 93.
Aulagromyza populi (Kaltenbach, 1864)
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Leaf-miner: A
long winding, whitish linear mine, initially lower surface, later
upper surface. Pupation takes place within the leaf, in a distinct
puparial blister, the anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis
(Spencer, 1976: 320-1, fig.
578).
Yellowish,
tortuous corridor with the sides very untidily eaten out. The mine
frequently starts at the lower surface, mostly, but by no means
always, turning upper-surface later on. Frass in isolated grains,
irregularly distributed at either side of the corridor. Puparium
brown, in a widened puparial chamber in the mine; near the frontal
end of the puparium the epidermis is already more or less torn open
(Bladmineerders van Europa).
A
long winding white gallery (as shown), starting lower side, shallow
and going upper side, broad. The mines may not be upper surface
and in some cases may be totally lower surface. There may be several
mines in a leaf (British
leafminers).
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.
The larva is described by (Skuhravá
and Roques, 2000) and illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
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).
Dark brown; posterior spiracles each having an ellipse of some 20
minute bulbs (Spencer, 1976:
320). The puparium is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: September, November.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including
London (Hampstead), Surrey, Oxford (Spencer, 1972b: 67) and Warwickshire (Canley, Coleshill and Foleshill)
(Robbins, 1991: 89). Leicestershire, Surrey and
West Gloucestershire (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea). Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in western and central Europe including
Denmark, Norway, Sweden (Spencer,
1976: 320), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Belgium (Scheirs
et al., 1994), Germany (Spencer,
1976: 562), Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, European Turkey,
French mainland, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland, Republic of
Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Spanish mainland (Fauna Europaea).
Range
extending eastwards to the Kirghiz Republic of the [former] U.S.S.R.
(Spencer, 1976: 320). NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
Chalcidoidea |
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Chrysocharis
amyite (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis nephereus (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis
orbicularis (Nees, 1834) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis
pentheus (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis
pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis
viridis (Nees, 1934) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Pediobius
metallicus (Nees, 1834) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Cirrospilus
diallus Walker, 1838 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Cirrospilus
pictus (Nees, 1834) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Cirrospilus
vittatus Walker, 1838 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Closterocerus
trifasciatus Westwood, 1833 |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Diglyphus
chabrias (Walker, 1838) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Diglyphus crassinervis Erdös, 1958 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Diglyphus
isaea (Walker, 1838) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Diglyphus
minoeus (Walker, 1838) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Pnigalio
soemius (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Schimitschekia
populi Boucek, 1965 |
Pteromalidae: Miscogastrinae |
Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available |
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Chorebus
albipes (Haliday, 1839) |
Braconidae: Alysiinae |
Chorebus
lateralis (Haliday, 1839) |
Braconidae: Alysiinae |
Dacnusa
maculipes Thomson, 1895 |
Braconidae: Alysiinae |
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