Matrix key Guide

Detail keys - Character list

Characters with associated states and some annotations

 

Detail keys

 

Agromyza-nigripes-group

 

Aedeagus - as depicted..

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 1

            [2] 2

            [3] 3

            [4] 4

            [5] 5

            [6] 6

            [7] 7

            [8] 8

            [9] 9

 

For this character, drawings made by Spencer were used.

 

Antenna

            [0] Unknown

            [1] weakly angulate

            [2] rounded

 

This character is not as pronounced as in genus Pseudonapomyza and genus Cerodontha.

 

Frons (width at tip of oc. triangle)

            [0] Unknown

            [1] about twice as broad as eye

            [2] more than twice as broad as eye

            [3] broader than eye

 

Frontorbital bristles

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 3

            [2] 4

            [3] 5

            [4] 6

            [5] 7

 

Frontorbital bristles (medioclinate)

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 2

            [2] 3

            [3] 4

            [4] 5

            [5] 1

 

Humeri

            [0] Unknown

            [1] black

            [2] at least partly yellow

 

Dorsocentrals (Presutural)

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 1

            [2] 2

            [3] 3

            [4] 0

 

Dorsocentral bristles (on each side)

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 3

            [2] 4

            [3] 5

            [4] 6

 

Wing - costa

            [0] Unknown

            [1] extending to M1+2

            [2] passing R4+5; ending before M1+2

            [3] ending at R4+5

 

Dorsocentral bristles (size)

            [0] Unknown

            [1] gradually increasing in size

            [2] posterior one longest

            [3] of approx. equal size

 

Wing - apex

            [0] Unknown

            [1] between M1+2 and R4+5

            [2] rather at the end of vein R4+5

 

Legs - 2nd tibiae

            [0] Unknown

            [1] with 2-3 posteromedian spines

            [2] with 1 posteromedian spine

            [3] without median spines

 

 

Napomyza

 

host plants

            [0] Unknown

            [1] on the surface of carrots

            [2] mainly in lettuce and chicory

            [3] mainly in Asteraceae

            [4] in flower heads and stems

 

head

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 1

            [2] 2

            [3] 3

 

epandrium as in picture..

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 1

            [2] 2

            [3] 3

 

tip of aedeagus

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 1

            [2] 2

            [3] 3

 

All illustrations in this detail key were provided by V.V. Zlobin.

 

Tropicomyia

 

aedeagus as in the picture

            [0] Unknown

            [1] 1

            [2] 2

            [3] 3

            [4] 4

            [5] 5

            [6] 6

 

For this character, drawings made by Spencer were used. See also some comments in the section about genus Tropicomyia.