Amauromyza shepherdiae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Agromyzidae
- Genus: Amauromyza
- Species: Amauromyza shepherdiae
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Amauromyza shepherdiae exhibits the characteristic morphology of a small acalyptrate fly.[1] The specimens display a generally dark, often blackish or brownish coloration typical of many agromyzids. The wings are clear and membranous, with characteristic venation patterns consistent with the family. The body is compact, with a distinct head featuring prominent compound eyes and a thorax that is often slightly arched. Due to the small size of the specimens, finer morphological details such as specific chaetotaxy (bristle patterns) are not clearly resolved in the available imagery.[1]
Description
Amauromyza shepherdiae is a species of leaf-mining fly in the family Agromyzidae, first described by Sehgal in 1971.[2]
Ecology
This species has been documented interacting with Shepherdia canadensis (russet buffaloberry).[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Agromyzidae / Amauromyza / shepherdiae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Amauromyza shepherdiae Sehgal, 1971. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1554199. Accessed 2026-07-13.
- ↑ Amauromyza shepherdiae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Amauromyza%20shepherdiae. Accessed 2026-07-14.