Liriomyza | |
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Liriomyza pusilla | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Agromyzidae |
Subfamily: | Phytomyzinae |
Genus: | Liriomyza Mik, 1894 [1] |
Type species | |
Liriomyza urophorina | |
Diversity | |
at least 410 species | |
Synonyms | |
Liriomyza is a genus of flies in the family Agromyzidae. [8]
The Agromyzidae are a family of flies, commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies for the feeding habits of their larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants. It includes roughly 2,500 species, they are small, some with wing length of 1 mm. The maximum size is 6.5 mm. Most species are in the range of 2 to 3 mm.
Baumhaueria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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Phryno is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phryxe is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Phytomyptera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Spallanzania is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Triarthria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Bithia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Microsoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Beris is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. They are small flies with reduced palpi. The scutellum has spines and the abdomen has seven visible segments. Their eyes are contiguous in the male.
Siphonini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
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Stevenia is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae.
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