Opomyzidae is a family of acalyptrate

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

. They are generally small, slender, yellow, brown or black coloured flies. The

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

l food plants are grasses, including cereal crops, the adults are mainly found in open habitats. Some species being

agricultural Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...

pests.

Description

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Morphology of Diptera Dipteran morphology differs in some significant ways from the broader morphology of insects. The Diptera is a very large and diverse order of mostly small to medium-sized insects. They have prominent compound eyes on a mobile head, and (at most) ...

. Small slender yellow, brown, reddish or black flies. The narrow wings are usually with light or dark-colored spots (darkly marked crossveins apical spot). Head with one pair of backwardly directed orbital (frontal bristles) bristles. Scattered interfrontal setulae are present Ocellar bristles are present. Postvertical bristles are absent (rarely present). Vibrissae absent but Geomyza with a strong bristle near the vibrissal angle. Ocelli are present and the arista is pubescent or with long hairs. Tibae without preapical dorsal bristles. R1 is short, the subcosta ends near the break of the costa (usually incomplete but apical part sometimes visible as a faint line reaching the costa) and near apex of R1;posterior basal wing cell and anal cell are small. The crossvein BM-Cu is present but usually incomplete. Tibiae without dorsal preapical bristle.

Species

*Genus ''

Anomalochaeta ''Anomalochaeta'' is a genus of flies belonging to the family Opomyzidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: * ''Anomalochaeta guttipennis ''Anomalochaeta'' is a genus of flies Flies are insects of the order Dipt ...

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Anomalochaeta guttipennis ''Anomalochaeta'' is a genus of flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the ...

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Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...

, 1838) *Genus '' Geomyza'' Fallén, 1810 :*'' Geomyza angustipennis''

, 1847 :*'' Geomyza apicalis'' ( Meigen, 1830) :*'' Geomyza balachowskyi'' Mesnil, 1934 :*'' Geomyza breviseta'' Czerny, 1928 :*'' Geomyza hackmani'' Nartshuk, 1984 :*'' Geomyza hendeli'' Czerny, 1928 :*'' Geomyza majuscula'' (Loew, 1864) :*'' Geomyza nartshukae'' Carles-Tolrá, 1993 :*'' Geomyza subnigra'' Drake, 1992 :*'' Geomyza tripunctata'' Fallén, 1823 :*'' Geomyza venusta'' ( Meigen, 1830) *Genus '' Opomyza'' Fallén, 1820 :*'' Opomyza athamus'' ( Séguy, 1928) :*''

Opomyza florum ''Opomyza florum'', common name yellow cereal fly or grass fly, is a species of acalyptrate flies. Description and ecology ''Opomyza florum'' can reach a length of 3.5–5 mm. These small flies are rusty-yellow coloured, with several dark ...

'' ( Fabricius, 1794) :*'' Opomyza germinationis'' (

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) :*'' Opomyza limbatus'' (Williston, 1886) :*'' Opomyza lineatopunctata'' von Roser, 1840 :*'' Opomyza petrei'' Mesnil, 1934 :*'' Opomyza punctata'' Haliday, 1833 :*'' Opomyza punctella'' Fallén, 1820 :*'' Opomyza townsendi'' (Williston, 1898) *Genus '' Scelomyza'' Séguy, 1938 :*'' Scelomyza hirticornis'' Séguy, 1938

Biology

The larvae live in the stems of grasses, a few species being a pest in agriculture, for instance

, the Yellow Cereal fly. Damage caused by Opomyzidae to Gramineae is termed "dead heart".

Identification

*E. Brunel, 1998 Family Opomyzidae. In: Papp, L. og Darvas, B. (red.): Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. 3: 259-266. Science Herald, Budapest *Drake, C.M. 1993. A review of the British Opomyzidae. ''

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'' 6: 159-176. *Hackman, W., 1958 The Opomyzidae (Dipt.) of Eastern Fennoscandia. ''Notulae Entomologicae'' 38 : 114-126. * Czerny. 1930.Opomyzidae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.). ''Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region'' 6, 1,54c, 1-15. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision (in German). * Séguy, E., 1934 ''Diptères: Brachycères''. T.II. ''Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae''. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 2
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pdf * Stackelberg,A.A., 1988 Family Opomyzidae in Bei-Bienko, G. Ya, 1988 ''Keys to the insects of the European Part of the USSR'' Volume 5 (Diptera) Part 2 English edition. Keys to Palaearctic species but now needs revision. *Przemysław Trojan, 1962 Odiniidae, Clusiidae, Anthomyzidae, Opomyzidae, Tethinidae in (series) ''Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski'', 28,54/58; Muchowki = Diptera, 54/58 Publisher Warszawa : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe

Phylogeny

Gallery

Image:Opomyza florum 2007.09.21 15.28.37-p9210010.jpg, ''Opomyza florum''

References

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