Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Hungary. Volume 1. Agromyzinae

First Report of Phytomyza orobanchia (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Poland and Chymomyza amoena (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on Phelipanche ramosa (Orobanchaceae)

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of P. orobanchia from Poland, thereby significantly expanding its range northwards. The closest records of P. orobanchia are from Hungary (Papp & Černý 2015), Germany, and Ukraine (Spencer 1973). Chymomyza amoena is a North American species that was first recorded in Europe in 1975 and spread in central Europe and Russia (Máca & Bächli 1994), and was first recorded in Poland in 1984 (Nowakowski 1991).…”

First Report of Melanagromyza cuscutae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Poland

“…(all Convolvulaceae) (Tóth et al 2004 and references therein). Melanagromyza cuscutae occurs in Japan, South Asia (India, Myanmar, Pakistan), Central Asia (Kazakhstan), and Europe (Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, Ukraine) (Papp & Černý 2015). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of M. cuscutae from Poland and north of the Carpathians, a fact that significantly expands its range northward.…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of M. cuscutae from Poland and north of the Carpathians, a fact that significantly expands its range northward. Previously, the nearest records of M. cuscutae in this area are from Germany, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic (Papp & Černý 2015, Tóth et al 2004.…”

“…Melanagromyza cuscutae is a fly whose larvae mine the ovaries and stems of its host, and there have been attempts to use this species as a means of biological control in other Cuscuta infested areas (Baloch et al 1967). Papp & Černý (2015) note that M. cuscutae have no significant economic importance, but this may not be true because larval feeding causes significant reduction of seed in its invasive host. However, Chalcidoidea wasps have been reported to emerge from M. cuscutae pupae in previously parasitized dodder, most of which still await identification (Piwowarczyk et al unpublished).…”

Homoporus anthrisci sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) reared from puparia of Melanagromyza nigrissima Spencer in stems of Anthriscus sylvestris in South Finland

“…The host species Melanagromyza nigrissima (Diptera: Agromyzidae) was described from Sweden (holotype from Skåne), Denmark and Finland (Vihti) based on captured males (Spencer 1976). It is a European species recorded since from Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, France and Hungary, where its larva was found as an internal stem-borer on Anthriscus sylvestris and Heracleum sibiricum L. (Papp & Èerný 2015).…”