Pegomya hyoscyami (Panzer, [1809])
(Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPegomya hyoscyami (Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly)
GenusPegomya (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Pegomya hyoscyami (Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly) :
1: Pegomya hyoscyami (Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly)
13 Oct 2018 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Blotch mines on Thornapple leaf, each containing one or two larvae.
Image 1: Mined leaf - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Mined leaf - under surface - white backgroundImage 3: Larvae in mine - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Larvae in mine - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Larvae in mine - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 6: Larva in mine - dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Male - epiandrum, cercal plate and surstyli - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - epiandrum, cercal plate and surstyli - squash prep - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - sternites II-IV - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Male - sternite V - microscope low magnification - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Michelsen, V. 1980 A revision of the beet leaf-miner complex, Pegomya hyoscyami s.lat. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Ent. scand. Vol 11: 297-309.

Pegomya hyoscyami (Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pegomya hyoscyami (Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pegomya hyoscyami (Beet Leaf Miner, Beet Fly, Mangold Fly)
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