Gibbs, D., 2006, Three agromyzid flies, Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913), Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949 and Phytobia mallochi (Hendel, 1924) (Diptera, Agrmoyzidae) new to Britain

Author	Gibbs, D.
Year	2006
Title	Three agromyzid flies, Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913), Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949 and Phytobia mallochi (Hendel, 1924) (Diptera, Agrmoyzidae) new to Britain
Type	Paper
Source	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 30-32.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)	Reports three leaf/cambium-mining flies new to Britain. Their addition to Spencer’s 1972 key and their locations in his 1976 key are listed.
Examine	Stereo Microscope
Specimen Preparation	Male genitalia examination required.

Notes & Purpose	Status	Taxon	English	Classification
For identification	Current	Ophiomyia nasuta	a leaf-mining fly	Animalia: Diptera: Agromyzidae
For identification	Current	Phytobia mallochi	a cambium-mining fly	Animalia: Diptera: Agromyzidae
For identification	Current	Phytomyza ranunculicola	a leaf-mining fly	Animalia: Diptera: Agromyzidae

Author & Year	Title	Source	Relationship
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London	original key
Spencer, K.A., 1976	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press	preferred key

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