''Tetanops myopaeformis'', the sugar beet root maggot, is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus ''
Tetanops'' of the family
Ulidiidae
The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, alo ...
. It is a serious pest of
sugarbeet
A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common beet (''Beta vulgaris''). Together wit ...
s in North America.
The fly was described first by the name ''Eurycephala myopaeformis'' by
Viktor von Röder in 1881. In 1907 the name was emended by
Friedrich Hendel to ''Eurycephalomyia'' in order to avoid confusion with the preoccupied name ''Eurycephala'' for a genus of
leaf bugs, now called ''
Halticus''.
[Schuh, R.T.]
References for genus Eurycephala Laporte, 1832
On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae), The American Museum of Natural History 2002-2013
References
External links
Pest Information Wiki
myopaeformis
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