This CD-ROM is a joint project from the Zoological Museum Amsterdam (Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, IBED, University of Amsterdam) and ETI Biodiversity Center.

Financial contributions

The author's salary during 2 and a half years and much of the necessary working equipment were financed by the ICES/KIS first grant of the Netherlands Ministry of Economics.

A four week visit at the Natural History Museum London (BMNH) was funded by the EU's IHP programme SYS-RESOURCE of The Natural History Museum, UK.

A further financial contribution came from the Dutch foundation SBNO (Stichting ter Bevoordering van Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek).

Kind supporters of the work
Helpful persons

This CD-ROM can be considered as an update of an earlier book on Agromyzidae of economic importance written by Dr Kenneth A. Spencer (Spencer, 1973). Therefore I am much indebted to him and his wife who prepared most of the drawings in his works. Although the texts and many pictures are new, Spencer's book and his other publications provided the basis of this work.
Many thanks are due to him for his permission to reproduce his drawings.

The contribution of the agromyzid specialist Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus (Bielefeld, Germany) deserves special acknowledgements, since he provided a considerable number of specimens and gave most valuable advice.

Many thanks are due to my colleagues from the project group 'Arthropods of economic Importance' Liesbeth Bakker, Lynn Meijerman, Dr Sandrine Ulenberg (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Dr Gillian Watson (London) for their interest in my work and various support.

I wish to thank many staff members of the Entomology department of the Zoological Museum and of ETI for their assistance and advise, especially, Dr Willem Ellis, Gideon Gijswijt, Mil de Reus and Godard Tweehuysen.

John Chainey, Dr Brian Pitkin, Campbell Smith, Nigel Wyatt and other staff members of the Natural History Museum, London, UK were very helpful during my visits to the Natural History Museum in 2000 and 2002.


The following institutions and persons have provided images, other material or encouraged my work in other ways. I am grateful to all of them:

The Ministry of Public Works and Government Services Canada kindly gave the permission to reproduce pictures from the Manual of Nearctic Diptera (Spencer, 1987).

Dr S. KÜhne (Berlin-Dahlem, Germany)
Professor M. Dambach (Cologne, Germany)
Sam An (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Professor L. SÜss (Milan, Italy)
Professor M. Sasakawa (Hirakata, Japan)
Dr V. V. Zlobin, (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Professor G. Keith Douce (University of Georgia, Tifton, USA)

Jan van Arkel (Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam)

The Plantenziektenkundige Dienst (Wageningen, the Netherlands) permitted the reproduction of numerous color photos. The staff members L. de Goffau and H. Stigter helped me during my visit to their institute.