Diversity underfoot of agromyzids (Agromyzidae, Diptera) mining thalli of liverworts and hornworts.

ABSTRACT: Agromyzidae is a dipteran family that has diversified as internal plant feeders. Although most agromyzid species feed on herbaceous angiosperms, only a limited number of species has been recorded as miners of bryophytes. Extensive searches and rearing of bryophytivores in the Japanese Archipelago were made, resulting in that thallus-mining agromyzids are overwhelmingly widespread and diverse on thalloid liverworts and hornworts. By examining the morphology of adult flies, it was revealed that the agromyzid fauna comprise 39 species, of which 37 species are newly described. All the species are assigned to the genus Phytoliriomyza Hendel based on some shared morphological character states as follows: costa reaching M₁; orbital setulae minute and erect (rarely proclinate); m

SUBMITTER: Kato M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836506 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature