Agromyzidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 41-42

Agromyzidae ( Figs. 107–108 )

The Agromyzidae comprises 3,127 species, grouped into two subfamilies and 16 extant genera ( Lonsdale & von Tschirnhaus 2021). In Chile, Aguilera (1972) studied the biology of Liriomyza langei Frick, Spencer (1964) studied agromyzids from the Juan Fernández Islands, and Spencer (1982) revised the family and described 23 new species.

Spencer (1982) published the first records for Chile of Amauromyza Hendel , Calycomyza Hendel , Galiomyza Spencer , Haplopeodes Steyskal , and Chromatomyia Griffiths , and the family now totals 74 species in 12 genera.

Figures

FIGURES 105–110. Sphaeroceridae (continued) and Opomyzoidea of Chile: (105) Antrops annulatus (Richards) and (106) Frutillaria sp. (Sphaeroceridae, both photos by Claudio Maureira); (107) Liriomyza cf. huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Agromyzidae, photo by Ricardo Varela); (108) Cerodontha flavifrons (Philippi) (Agromyzidae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (109) Apiochaeta similis (Malloch) (Clusiidae, photo by Diego Gutiérrez), and (110) Schizostomyia cf. atra Malloch (Paraleucopidae, photo by Matías Gargiulo).