Meoneura obscurella (Fallén) - Taxonomy

Agromyza obscurella Fallén, 1823: 6.

Synonyms
Agromyza pectinata Meigen, 1830: 179.
Agromyza infuscata Meigen, 1830: 184.
Agromyza tritici Fitch, 1856: 535.
Agromyza vagans var. geniculata Strobl, 1898: 585.

Types

A. obscurella: Syntypes: 1 male in ZIL, Lund, 2 specimens in NRS, Stockholm.
Type-locality: Sweden. Skåne [=Scania].

A. pectinata: Syntypes: ? specimens in NMW, Vienna.
Type-locality: Not given (?Austria).

A. infuscata: Types: 1 specimen in NMW, Vienna.
Type-locality: Not given (?Austria).

A. tritici: Syntypes: 3 males and 1 female in USNM, Washington DC.
Type-locality: USA. New York.

A. vagans var. geniculata: Syntypes: 2 males and 7 females in NMBA, Admont.
Type-locality: Bosnia and Herzegowina. Dalmatia, Mostar & Trebinje.

Description

see Hennig 1937: 68 (in German) or Sabrosky 1959: 22 (in English). Description of larva and puparium in Engel 1930.

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Background photo: Meoneura lamellata Collin