Agromyza lucida
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Agromyzidae
- Genus: Agromyza
- Species: Agromyza lucida
Visual Description
Agromyza lucida is a small fly belonging to the family Agromyzidae. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark-bodied insect typical of the genus.[1] The specimens exhibit a compact, robust thorax and abdomen, with wings that are typically clear or slightly smoky in appearance. The head features prominent compound eyes and characteristic setation common to agromyzids.[1]
Biology and Classification
Agromyza lucida was described by the entomologist Friedrich Hendel in 1920.[2] It is recognized as an accepted species within the genus Agromyza.[2] As a member of the Agromyzidae, it is part of a family of flies whose larvae are primarily leafminers, feeding within the tissues of host plants.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Agromyzidae / Agromyza / lucida constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Agromyza lucida Hendel, 1920. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1555004. Accessed 2026-07-13.
- ↑ H. Charles J. Godfray; C. van Achterberg. Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae). Zootaxa. 2024. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5513.1.1.