Cerodontha Rondani, 1861
(a genus of leaf-mining flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Cerodontha affinis
a leaf-mining fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Cerodontha angulata
a leaf-mining fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Cerodontha luzulae
a leaf-mining fly
Species 2 ident. refs
Cerodontha phragmitophila
a leaf-mining fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Cerodontha rohdendorfi
a leaf-mining fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Cerodontha silvatica
a leaf-mining fly
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 		Species 33 images 1 ident. refs
Cerodontha staryi
a leaf-mining fly
Species 1 ident. refs
[Cerodontha luzulae/silvatica]
a pair of similar leaf-mining flies
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 		Informal 2 subtaxa 33 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
FamilyAGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Gibbs, D. 2006 The British species of Cerodontha Rondani, 1861 subgenus Cerodontha (Diptera, Agromyzidae) including two species new to the British list Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 59-64.
Nowakowski, J.T. 1973 Monographie der europäischen Arten der Gattun Cerodontha Rond. (Diptera, Agromyzidae) Annales zoologici 31: 1-327.

Cerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 132 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cerodontha (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
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