Lifestyle:
Unknown.
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.
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).
Comments:
Scaptomyza montana of Basden (1954)
was misidentified. The true montana (Basden, 1949) (described
from North America) was synonymised with flava (Fallén, 1823c) by Hackman (1959),
who stated that Basden's montana was an undescribed species.
It remains undescribed. (Bachli, pers. comm. in Chandler,
1998: 156).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.
Hosts
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - mines: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown. Distribution
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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