Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Leafminer Fly
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 57 meters (188 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Panorpida
()
- Order:
Diptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Brachycera
()
- Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Opomyzoidea
()
- Family:
Agromyzidae
()
- Subfamily:
Agromyzinae
()
- Genus:
Agromyza
()
- Fallén, 1810
- Specific name:
nana
- Meigen, 1830
- Scientific name: - Agromyza nana Meigen, 1830
- Specific name:
nana
- Meigen, 1830
- Genus:
Agromyza
(
- Subfamily:
Agromyzinae
(
- Family:
Agromyzidae
(
- Superfamily:
Opomyzoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Brachycera
(
- Order:
Diptera
(
- Superorder:
Panorpida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Agromyza medicaginis Robineau-Desvoidy • Agromyza trifolii Kaltenbach
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Agromyza
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. abiens (Leafminer Fly) · A. alnibetulae (Leafminer Fly) · A. aristata (Elm Agromyzid Leafminer) · A. frontella (Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer) · A. melampyga (Mockorange Leafminer) · A. nana (Leafminer Fly) · A. potentillae (Leafminer Fly) · A. viridula (Oak Shothole Leafminer)
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Further Reading
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- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 134.
- Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 70.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 259, p. 39.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 254.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 25, 2008:
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Diptera dataset
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Lothian Wildlife Information Centre - Lothian Wildlife Information Centre Secret Garden Survey
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Take a Pride in Fife Environmental Information Centre - Records for Fife from TAPIF EIC
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2946812
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Dip-138924
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 326765
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 75.690 based on 27 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
