Nemorimyza posticata is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[5][6][7]

Nemorimyza posticata
Nemorimyza posticata leafmines.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Agromyzidae
Subfamily: Phytomyzinae
Genus: Nemorimyza
Species:
N. posticata
Binomial name
Nemorimyza posticata
(Meigen, 1830)[1]
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Description

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Interocular space matte black. Lunule soft black. Antennae and palps black. Mesonotum brilliant black. Acrostichal bristles sparse and in 7-8 rows. Legs brownish black all the knees yellow. Haltere knob whitish yellow. Female: abdomen black, les the two last segments clear brown. Male: The base of the abdomen more or less dark, the rest yellow. Length: 2,5–3 mm.[8]

Life cycle

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The larva mines Solidago, Aster, Baccharis, and Erechtites. [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Meigen, J. W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. (Volume 6) (PDF) (in German). Schulz-Wundermann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09.
  2. ^ Strobl, Pater Gabriel (1910). "Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag". Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark. (1909)46: 45–292. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ Baker, C.F. (1904). "Diptera. Reports on Californian and Nevadan Diptera, I". Invertebrata Pacifica. 1: 17–40. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ Coquillett, D.W. (1895). "With descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 307-319. In Johnson, C.W., Diptera of Florida". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1895: 303–340.
  5. ^ Fauna Europaea
  6. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  7. ^ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.
  8. ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  9. ^ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1990). Host specialization in the world Agromyzidae (Diptera). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 275. ISBN 0792304020.
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