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(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by
Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
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Melanagromyza
cunctans (Meigen, 1830) [Diptera:
Agromyzidae]
Agromyza
cunctans Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 178
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Hendel, 1931. Fliegen
palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 163
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1966. Beitr.
Ent. 16: 17
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1972b. Handbk
ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 16 (figs 18-19), 17, 19, 117
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1976. Fauna
ent. Scand. 5(1): 49-50, figs 33-38
Melanagromyza cunctans (Meigen, 1830); Spencer, 1990. Host
specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 112, 119,
125, 126 (figs 444-6).
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Gall-former:
A
slender cylindrical gall in the upper part of the stem (Spencer, 1972b: 18; Redfern et al, 2002: 363, fig. 459). Pupation internal.
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 ce |
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Bland,
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Hosts
elsewhere:
Fabaceae |
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Astragalus |
glycyphyllos |
Wild
Liquorice |
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Spencer, 1990 |
Time
of year - larvae:
Time
of year - adults:
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Essex (Bland,
2001). Distribution
elsewhere: Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Sweden (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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