Agromyza princei
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 princei
Visual Description
Agromyza princei is a small fly with a wing length of approximately 2.1 mm. The body is predominantly dark brown, with a white halter. The thorax exhibits a faint grayish pruinosity, which is densest on the notum and displays subtle bluish and coppery reflections. The legs are generally paler than the thorax, with the apices of the femora featuring a light yellow spot, most prominent on the fore leg. The tibiae are paler than the femora, with the fore tibia appearing nearly yellowish, and the tarsi are the palest part of the legs, particularly on the fore legs. The antennae are a pale brown color, and the first flagellomere is small and rounded, with an ovate tuft of hairs on the anterodorsal margin that is about half the height of the segment.[2]
Biology and Ecology
Agromyza princei was described from specimens reared from Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) in Connecticut, USA. The species is named in honor of the musician Prince, who died shortly before the larva was discovered. The leaf mines of this species are initially linear, gradually widening into an irregular blotch. The frass is deposited in two rows of discrete, closely spaced grains in the early stages, becoming more irregularly scattered with larger particles toward the end of the mine. The puparium is reddish-brown and is formed outside the mine.[2]
Gallery
References
- ↑ Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Agromyzidae / Agromyza / princei constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Agromyza princei Eiseman & Lonsdale 2019, spec. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/2A7A4D79352CFFAD14C5FBE3FE27F9B7. Accessed 2026-07-14.