Agromyza nigrescens
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 nigrescens
Visual Description
Agromyza nigrescens is a small fly characteristic of the family Agromyzidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a generally dark, often blackish, body coloration, which is consistent with its specific epithet.[1] The body structure is typical of leaf-miner flies, with a compact thorax and abdomen.[1]
Distribution and Records
Agromyza nigrescens was originally described by Hendel in 1920.[2] Recent entomological surveys have expanded the known distribution of this species, including a new record from Morocco, which contributed to a broader study of agromyzid diversity in the region.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Agromyzidae / Agromyza / nigrescens constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Agromyza nigrescens Hendel, 1920. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1555011. Accessed 2026-07-13.
- ↑ Mourad Doukale Daief; M. von Tschirnhaus; Kawtar Kettani. New records of leaf-miner flies (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from Morocco. ZooKeys. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1230.141900.