Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic Importance (Series Entomologica, 9)

The original stimulus which started KENNETH SPENCER on a study of the Agro­ myzid flies was an invitation, which he accepted, to translate from the German the monograph on Leaf Miners by Professor E. M. HERING. From this developed nearly 20 years of collaboration until Professor HERING's death in 1967. Dr. SPENCER has himself described over 600 new species in the family, many of which he collected and reared from known host plants during his extensive travels to all the five main continents. Largely as a result of his work, the number of species known in Britain has increased from 90 in 1945 to 313 today. He is thus uniquely qualified to write this book about the hundred and fifty or so species which are regularly associated with cultivated plants. Much of the taxonomic detail provided here will be of value primarily to specialists; but with the help of a microscope and the botanical host list (Chapter 2) and the numerous illustrations (mostly prepared by ANN SPENCER) those in agri­ cultural institutes and elsewhere should now be able to identify the majority of species found attacking crops in any part of the world. The original stimulus which started KENNETH SPENCER on a study of the AgroƯ myzid flies was an invitation, which he accepted, to translate from the German the monograph on Leaf Miners by Professor E.M. HERING. From this developed nearly 20 years of collaboration until Professor HERING's death in 1967. Dr. SPENCER has himself described over 600 new species in the family, many of which he collected and reared from known host plants during his extensive travels to all the five main continents. Largely as a result of his work, the number of species known in Britain has increased from 90 in 1945 to 313 today. He is thus uniquely qualified to write this book about the hundred and fifty or so species which are regularly associated with cultivated plants. Much of the taxonomic detail provided here will be of value primarily to specialists; but with the help of a microscope and the botanical host list (Chapter 2) and the numerous illustrations (mostly prepared by ANN SPENCER) those in agriƯ cultural institutes and elsewhere should now be able to identify the majority of species found attacking crops in any part of the world Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introductory....Pages 1-10 Distribution, Evolution and Host Specificity. Pest and Host Lists....Pages 11-28 Leguminous Crops 1: Internal Feeders....Pages 29-72 Leguminous Crops 2: Leaf-Miners....Pages 73-101 Miscellaneous Crops 1: Internal Feeders....Pages 102-128 Miscellaneous Crops 2: Leaf-Miners....Pages 129-179 A New Genus Embracing Leaf-Miners on Tea, Coffee and Other Crops Based in the Old World Tropics and Northern Australia....Pages 180-200 Polyphagous Liriomyza and Phytomyza Species....Pages 201-235 Leaf Miners on Cereals and other Graminaceous Crops....Pages 236-297 Stem-Borers, Gall-Causers and Leaf-Miners on Trees....Pages 298-316 Internal Feeders and Leaf-Diners on Ornamentals....Pages 317-341 Control Measures....Pages 342-354 Beneficial Species....Pages 355-372 Erratum to: Leguminous Crops 1: Internal Feeders....Pages 419-419 Erratum to: Internal Feeders and Leaf-Diners on Ornamentals....Pages 419-419 Back Matter....Pages 373-418