Hydrellia meigeni [Diptera: Ephydridae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

Hydrellia meigeni Zatwarnicki, 1988
[Diptera: Ephydridae]

Hydrellia meigeni Zatwarnicki, 1988. JOURNAL: PAGE
Notiphila albiceps Meigen, 1830. Syst. Beschr. 6: 68.

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: Irwin and Chandler in Chandler (1978) did not indicate whether their host records were British or Foreign and are therefore tentatively included under 'Hosts in Britain' and 'Hosts elsewhere'.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Alismataceae
? Alisma	plantago-aquatica	? Water-plantain	Irwin and Chandler in Chandler, 1978: 225, as Hydrellia albiceps
Brassicaceae
? Nasturtium	officinale	? Water-cress	Irwin and Chandler in Chandler, 1978: 225, as Hydrellia albiceps

Hosts elsewhere:

Alismataceae
? Alisma	plantago-aquatica	? Water-plantain	Irwin and Chandler in Chandler, 1978: 225, as Hydrellia albiceps
Alisma			Hering, 1957
Brassicaceae
? Nasturtium	officinale	? Water-cress	Irwin and Chandler in Chandler, 1978: 225, as Hydrellia albiceps

Time of year - mines: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including East Norfolk, Elgin, Monmouthshire and South Hampshire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Corsica, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia - Northwest and Sweden (Zatwarnicki, 2004 in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Alisma plantago-aquatica, Nasturtium officinale

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.


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	Last updated 04-Dec-2017 Brian Pitkin