Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChromatomyia horticola (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusChromatomyia (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)
Records of Chromatomyia horticola (a leaf-mining fly) :
1: Chromatomyia horticola (a leaf-mining fly)
13 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
puparium, in leaf mine in Golden Samphire leaf
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Leaves with mines - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 9: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 11: Puparium (parasitised) - magnifiedImage 12: Puparium (parasitised) - spiracles - close-up - magnifiedImage 13: Puparium - magnifiedImage 14: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - genitalia - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 16: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon 2017 Agromyzidae Newsletter No 3, August 2017 Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Newsletter.

Genitalia Figs

() Spencer, K.A. 1976 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press

Chromatomyia horticola (a leaf-mining fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chromatomyia horticola (a leaf-mining fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 37 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chromatomyia horticola (a leaf-mining fly)
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