The Agromyzidae (Diptera) feeding particularities on some genera of Ranunculaceae
2004
Pakalniskis, S.(Vilnius University (Lithuania). Inst. of Ecology)E-mail:[email protected]
Life stories of 47 Agromyzidae (Diptera) species on 11 genera of ranunculaceous plants were studied, including their host specialization, feeding character and localization of mine as well as pupation particularities. The agromyzid larvae colonizing the assimilative, generative as well as support organs of certain host-plant show a high level of specialization. On the other hand, almost all the mining types may be characteristic to one species (e.g. Phytomyza clematidis on Ranunculus lingua). Further bionomic data on several poorly known species are provided in this report for the first time. Also some possible micro-evolutionary ways of the feeding behaviour are discussed in present paper.
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