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PALACIOS-TORRES, Rogelio E. et al. Identificación, distribución y plantas hospederas de diez especies de Agromyzidae (Insecta: Diptera), de interés agronómico en México. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.3, pp.07-32. ISSN 2448-8445.

Ten species of Agromyzidae of agronomic interest in Texcoco, (state of Mexico); Altamira, (state of Tamaulipas), Magdalena Contreras, (Mexico City), and Nativitas, (state of Tlaxcala) are presented. A description of the adults, their geographic distributions and their host plants, are provided. In addition a key with photographs of the aedeagus and sperm pumps of all species are provided. The species included are: Amauromyza abnormalis (Malloch), Liriomyza brassicae (Riley), Liriomyza sabaziae Spencer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), Melanagromyza minimoides Spencer, Melanagromyza neotropica Spencer, Melanagromyza splendida Frick, Melanagromyza tomaterae Steyskal, Melanagromyza viridis (Frost) and Ophiomyia lantanae (Froggatt).

Palavras-chave : leaf miners; stem borers; aedeagus; sperm pumps; illustrated key; new records.