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Species of fly

Phytomyza ranunculi
Phytomyza ranunculi Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Agromyzidae
Subfamily: Phytomyzinae
Genus: Phytomyza
Species: P. ranunculi
Binomial name
Phytomyza ranunculi
(Schrank, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Musca ranunculi Schrank, 1803
  • Phytomyza albipes Meigen, 1830
  • Phytomyza cinerovittata Zetterstedt, 1848
  • Phytomyza citrina Roser, 1840
  • Phytomyza flava Fallén, 1823
  • Phytomyza flaveola Fallén, 1810
  • Phytomyza flavoscutellata Fallén, 1823
  • Phytomyza flavotibialis Strobl, 1902
  • Phytomyza incisa Macquart, 1835
  • Phytomyza islandica Rydén, 1953
  • Phytomyza linguae Lundqvist, 1947
  • Phytomyza maculipes Brullé, 1833
  • Phytomyza maculipes Zetterstedt, 1848
  • Phytomyza pallida Meigen, 1830
  • Phytomyza praecox Meigen, 1830
  • Phytomyza ranunculi Goureau, 1851
  • Phytomyza ranunculi Kaltenbach, 1867
  • Phytomyza ranunculi Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851
  • Phytomyza ranunculi ssp. pentalinearis Kuroda, 1954
  • Phytomyza scutellata Meigen, 1830
  • Phytomyza tenuipennis Singh & Ipe, 1973
  • Phytomyza terminalis Meigen, 1830
  • Phytomyza vitripennis Meigen, 1830
  • Phytomyza zetterstedti Schiner, 1862

Phytomyza ranunculi is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .

Life cycle

Phytomyza ranunculi leaf mine

Eggs are laid on plants in the Ranunculaceae family. The larvae are, primarily, leaf-miners. They form a long, conspicuous white mine with the frass present in close strings.

In 2018 the first confirmed adults were reared from stem-mines of meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris). This is a rare example of 'organoxeny', where a phytophagous insect occurs on a different part of a plant from where it can normally be found .

The larvae pupates into a greyish or brown puparium, with posterior spiracles each with about 18-20 bulbs. Adult flies are approximately 2 mm in length. Adults are highly variable in colour, with several named variants including a pale form (P. ranunculi var. flava) and dark forms (P. ranunculi var. flavoscutellata and var. islandica).

Distribution

The fly is widespread throughout Europe.

Parasitoids

P. ranunculi pupae are particularly at risk from parasitism. Up to 75% of all reared puparium have been shown to be parasitised. Parasitoids of this species include numerous species in the hymenoptera superfamilies Chalcidoidea and Ichneumonoidea:

References

  1. ^ Schrank, F. von Paula (1803). Favna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Vol. 3,. Landshut: Krull. pp. Pt. 1. viii + 372 pp.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1848). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descipta. Tomus septimus. Lundae .: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. 2581–2934.
  4. Roser, K.L.F. von (1840). "Erster Nachtrag zu dem im Jahre 1834 bekannt gemachten Verzeichnisse in Wurttemberg vorkommender zweiflugliger Insekten". Correspondenzbl. K. Wurttemb. Landw. Ver., Stuttgart. 37 (1): 49–64.
  5. ^ Fallén, C.F. (1823). Phytomyzides et Ochtidiae Sveciae. Lundae : Berlingianis. pp. 10 pp.
  6. Fallen, C.F. (1810). Specim. entomolog. novam Diptera disponendi methodum exhibens. Lund: Berlingianis. pp. 26 pp., 1 pl. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. Strobl, P.G. (1902). "Novi prilozi fauni diptera Balkans'kog poluostrva". Glas. Zemalj. Mus. Bosni Hercegov. 14: 461–517.
  8. Macquart, P.J.M. (1835). Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Diptères. Tome deuxieme. Paris: Roret. pp. 703 or 710 pp., 12 pls. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  9. Lundqvist, A. (1947). "Agromyzider från Södermandland". Opuscula Entomologica. 12: 61–76.
  10. Brullé, A.M. (1833). IVe Classe. Insectes , pp. 289-336. In; Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Expedition scientifique de Moree. Section des sciences physiques 3 (1) (Zool. 2). Paris. pp. 400 pp.
  11. ^ Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1851). "Description d'agromyzes et de phytomyzes ecloses chez M. le colonel Goureau". Revue Mag. Zool. 3 (2): 391–405.
  12. Kaltenbach, J.H. (1867). "Die deutschen Phytophagen aus der Klasse der Insekten ". Verh. Naturh. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. 24 (3–4): 21–117.
  13. Schiner, I.R. (1862). "Fauna Austriaca". Theil II. Heft. 9/10: 81–288.
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  15. 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
  16. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  17. ^ "Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) [Diptera: Agromyzidae]". UK Fly Mines. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  18. ^ Warrington, Barry P. (2019). "Organoxeny within Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank) (Diptera, Agromyzidae) larvae". Dipterists Digest. 26: 5–12.
Taxon identifiers
Phytomyza ranunculi
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