Revisionary studies on sub family Agromyzinae from India - Part I: A new genus and revision of Tropicomyia Spencer and Melanagromyza Hendel (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

Abstract

A new genus of family Agromyzidae (Diptera), Epidermomyia is being described to receive one of the three groups of Tropicomyia sensu stricto described by Spencer (1973) when he erected the Genus Tropicomyia. Comparitive study of the larval and adult characters of the new genus and the genera Tropicomyia Spencer and Melenagromyza Hendel is also given. Keys for the identification of the six genera of sub-family Agromyzinae viz., Agromyza, Japanagromyza, Epidermomyia, Melanagromyza, Tropicomyia, and Ophiomyia along with listing of species so far described from India are included in this paper.