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

  

Phytomyza dasyops Hendel, 1920
[Diptera: Agromyzidae]

Phytomyza dasyops Hendel, 1920. Arch. Naturgesch. 84A(7) (1918): 156
Phytomyza dasyops Hendel, 1920; Hendel, 1935. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 390
Phytomyza dasyops Hendel, 1920; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 75
Phytomyza dasyops Hendel, 1920; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 410-11, figs 718-9.

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).

Brown; hind end curving ventrally; posterior spiracles each have numerous minute bulbs on a large chitinized elliptical area each side of the anus (Spencer, 1976: 410, 411 (fig. 719).

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Currently unknown.

Hosts elsewhere: Currently unknown. Not included in Spencer (1990).

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Uncommon. Haddington (Aberlady) (Spencer, 1972b: 75).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway (Spencer, 1976: 410) and Germany (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Host species unknown

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

External links: Search the internet:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist		 Find using Google
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bbins1991">Robbins, 1991: 99 Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Mines in BMNH Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Robbins, 1983: 25 Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 120 Veronica montana Wood Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 120 Veronica officinalis Heath Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Mines in BMNH Veronica officinalis Heath Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Spencer, 1972b: 120

Hosts elsewhere:

Scrophulariaceae        
Veronica       Spencer, 1976
Veronica       Spencer, 1990: 222
Veronica agrestis Green Field-speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica anagallis-aquatica Blue Water-Speedwell   Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica arvensis Wall Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica austriaca Large Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al.

Bladmineerders van Europa, as austriaca subsp. teucrium
Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica filiformis Slender Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica hederifolia Ivy-leaved Speedwel British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica longifolia Garden Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica officinalis Heath Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica orientalis     Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica persica Common Field-speedwell   Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica prostrata Prostrate Speedwell   Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica rhodopea     Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica scutellata Marsh Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica spicata Spiked Speedwell British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica trehani     Bladmineerders van Europa
Veronica urticifolia Nettle-leaved Speedwell   Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - mines: June-July, September-November.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Surrey (Mickleham), Devon (Bolt Head), Huntingdonshire (Woodwalton Fen), Cambridgeshire (Chippenham Fen), Dunbartonshire (Spencer, 1972b: 82), Warwickshire (Foleshill) (Robbins, 1991: 99); Cambridgeshire, East Ross, Edinburgh, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, South Devon, South-west Yorkshire and Surrey (NBN Atlas).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Clare (Burren), Co. Down (Rostrevor Wood) and Co. Galway (Galway) (Spencer, 1972b: 82).

Distribution elsewhere: Common throughout much of Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 408); The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Bladmineerders van Europa), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 570), Belarus, Canary Is., Czech Republic, Estonia, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Spanish mainland (Fauna Europaea).

Also present in the U.S.A. and Canada, almost certainly as an introduction (Spencer, 1990).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Veronica agrestis, Veronica anagallis-aquatica, Veronica arvensis, Veronica austriaca, Veronica chamaedrys, Veronica filiformis, Veronica hederifolia, Veronica longifolia, Veronica persica, Veronica montana, Veronica officinalis, Veronica scutellata, Veronica spicata

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Chalcidoidea   
Chrysocharis orbicularis (Nees, 1834) Eulophidae: Entedoninae
Chrysocharis pubicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Eulophidae: Entedoninae
Cyrtogaster vulgaris Walker, 1833 Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Seladerma tarsale (Walker, 1833) Pteromalidae: Miscogastrinae
Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available  
Chorebus alecto (Morley, 1924) Braconidae: Alysiinae
Chorebus amasis (Nixon, 1945) Braconidae: Alysiinae
Dacnusa maculipes Thomson, 1895 Braconidae: Alysiinae
Dacnusa melicerta (Nixon, 1954) Braconidae: Alysiinae
Dacnusa veronicae Griffiths, 1967 Braconidae: Alysiinae
Grammospila rufiventris (Nees, 1812) Braconidae: Alysiinae
Opius levis Wesmael, 1835 Braconidae: Opiinae
Phaedrotoma exigua Wesmael, 1835 Braconidae: Opiinae

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