Phytomyza minuscula Goureau, 1851
(a leaf-mining fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhytomyza minuscula (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusPhytomyza (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 Phytomyza minuscula (a leaf-mining fly) :
1: Phytomyza minuscula (a leaf-mining fly)
25 May 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
puparia at exit from leaf mine on Columbine leaves in garden
Image 1: Mined stem leaf - top surfaceImage 2: Mined stem leaf - under-surface - puparia indicated - white backgroundImage 3: Mines on stem leaf - top surfaceImage 4: Mines on stem leaf - top surface (2)Image 5: Mines on stem leaf - top surface - close-upImage 6: Mines on stem leaf - top surface - close-up (2)Image 7: Mines on stem leaf - under surfaceImage 8: Mines on stem leaf - under surface with pupariaImage 9: Adult - lateral view - magnifiedImage 10: Adult - lateral view - magnified (2)Image 11: Adult - lateral view - test shot: F11 - magnifiedImage 12: Adult - lateral view - test shot: F16 - magnifiedImage 13: Adult - lateral view - test shot: F22 - magnifiedImage 14: Imagines - highly enlargedImage 15: Puparia - dorsal, ventral, dorsal views - magnifiedImage 16: Puparia on under surface - highly enlargedImage 17: Puparium - dorsal - magnifiedImage 18: Puparium - dorsal - magnified (2)Image 19: Puparium loosely attached to leaf margin - highly enlargedImage 20: Puparium protruding from exit slit on lower leaf surface - highly enlargedImage 21: Wing - transmitted light - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon 2017 Agromyzidae Newsletter No 5, November 2017 Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Newsletter.

Phytomyza minuscula (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 Phytomyza minuscula (a leaf-mining fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phytomyza minuscula (a leaf-mining fly)
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