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

 

Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]


Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957e. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 26: 182-3
Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957e; Spencer, 1966b. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 35: 36
Melanagromyza tripolii Spencer, 1957e; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10 (5g}: 16 (figs 14-15), 17, 111.


Stem-borer: Larva boring in stem. Pupation internal (Spencer, 1972b: 17).

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).

Posterior spiracles separated by own diameter, each with 14-18 well defined bulbs around the central small horn (Spencer, 1972b: 15).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Asteraceae        
Aster tripolium Sea Aster British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 111

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Kent (Faversham), Essex (Flatford and Mersea), Glamorgan (Llanridian salt marsh) (Spencer, 1972b: 36); Caernarvonshire, East Kent, North Essex and South-west Yorkshire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Czech Republic, Denmark, French mainland, Germany, Spanish mainland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Aster tripolium

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chalcidoidea  
Syntomopus incurvus Walker, 1833 Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae


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a Europaea
NBN Atlas
Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Local. Surrey (Betchworth, Bookham) and Suffolk (Newmarket) (Spencer, 1972b: 19).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania and Slovakia (Martinez, 200 in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in Northern Iran (Spencer, 1990: 163).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Angelica sylvestris, Diactamus albus, Pastinaca sativa, Pimpinella major, Torilis japonica

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chalcidoidea   

Sphegigaster intersita Graham, 1969

Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Sphegigaster nigricornis (Nees, 1834) Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae


External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
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