| Agromyza albitarsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Agromyzidae |
| Genus: | Agromyza |
| Species: | A. albitarsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Agromyza albitarsis Meigen, 1830 | |
Agromyza albitarsis is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Agromyza is a genus of flies belonging to the family Agromyzidae. The adults of these flies can be recognised by the presence of stridulatory files on the first two abdominal tergites in both males and females. Another useful identifying feature is the halteres which are usually white or yellow, although they are darker in a few tropical species.
Homalocephala albitarsis is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Homalocephala of the family Ulidiidae.
Onychocerus albitarsis is a relatively rare species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae from the Amazon and Atlantic forest regions in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Peru. It is remarkable for being the only known beetle that has a venomous sting and the only known arthropod that stings with its antennae. Each antenna ends in a stinger that has evolved to resemble a scorpion's tail and it is connected to a venom gland. The sting was already reported in 1884 but researchers thought the pain only was caused by the sharpness of the antennae, as also known from some other beetles. It was only confirmed in 2005 that it is venomous when a biologist was stung, comparing it to a bee sting, and subsequently studied it in detail. In the first of two other cases where the identity of the stinging insect was confirmed to be this beetle, a woman experienced significant pain directly after the incident, and redness and itching at the sting site that lasted for a week. In the other case a man experienced moderate pain directly after being stung and redness that only lasted for an hour. The other species in the genus Onychocerus appear to not be venomous since they lack the structures inside the antennae that are associated with the venom apparatus of Onychocerus albitarsis.
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Agromyza pudica is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
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Agromyza aristata, the elm agromyzid leafminer, is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is widespread throughout eastern North America, creating leaf mines in Ulmus americana.
Agromyza reptans is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Agromyza isolata is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Agromyza diversa is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae.
Agromyza frontella, the alfalfa blotch leafminer, is a species of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae. Larval instars of this species engage in cannibalism.
Agromyza vockerothi is a species of leaf miner fly in the family Agromyzidae, found in North America. The larva of this species feed on brambles (Rubus).
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