Cerodontha

Cerodontha
Cerodontha dorsalis
A male Cerodontha flavicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Agromyzidae
Subfamily: Phytomyzinae
Genus: Cerodontha
Rondani, 1861[1]
Type species
Chlorops denticornis
Panzer, 1806[2]
Diversity
at least 280 species
Synonyms

Cerodontha is a genus of flies that belongs to the family Agromyzidae. Members of this genus are distributed worldwide.[5]

This genus are leaf miners feeding almost exclusively on monocotyledons, specifically of the families Cyperaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae and Poaceae.[6]

Taxonomy

See also: List of Cerodontha species

This genus is a very large genus that contains at least 280 species. They are currently divided into seven recognized subgenera which are: Cerodontha, Butomomyza, Dizygomyza, Icteromyza, Phytagromyza, Poemyza and Xenophytomyza.[7][6]

Below is a list of species within this genus that has a Wikipedia page. For a full list of all 280+ species, see this page:

Distribution

Species belonging to this genus can be found worldwide. In the neotropics, all subgenera except Phytagromyza are present totaling 37 species. Brazil contains only five species: Cerodontha angulata, Cerodontha dorsalis, Cerodontha inepta, Cerodontha braziliana and Cerodontha longipennis.[6] All seven subgenera are present in the Palaearctic (~140 species) and Nearctic regions. Five subgenera, Butomomyza, Cerodontha, Dizygomyza, Icteromyza and Poemyza, are present in the Oriental (indomalayan) (49 species), Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oceanian regions. China contains 25 species.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Rondani, C. (1861). Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum. Vol. IV. A. Stocche, Parmae. pp. 174 pp.
  2. ^ Panzer, G.W.F. (1806). Favnae insectorvm germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 103. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.
  3. ^ Schiner, I.R. (1862). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [part]". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 6: 428–436.
  4. ^ Hering, E.M. (1926). "Beiträge zur kenntnis der agromyziden (Dipt.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1926: 219–224.
  5. ^ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.
  6. ^ a b c Sousa, Viviane & Gomes, Marina & Couri, Márcia. (2024). On Cerodontha (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Brazil: new species and new records. Zoologia (Curitiba). 41. 10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23038.
  7. ^ a b Fu, Xin-Ting; Shi, Li; Wang, Shi-Mingzhe (2026-01-05). "Three new Cerodontha species from Inner Mongolia and Qinghai with a checklist of thirty-two Chinese species (Diptera, Agromyzidae)". ZooKeys (1266): 55–101. Bibcode:2026ZooK.1266...55F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1266.177044. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 12796945. PMID 41536624.


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