Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931

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Phytoliriomyza Hendel

Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 1931: 203 [as subgenus of Liriomyza ]. Type species: Agromyza perpusilla Meigen 1830: 181, by monotypy. Frick 1952a: 410, 1959: 413; Spencer 1969: 201; Spencer and Steyskal 1986b: 151.

Xyraeomyia Frick, 1952a: 412. Type species: Xyraeomyia conjuctimontis Frick 1952a: 413, by original designation. Spencer 1965 [synonymy].

Pteridomyza Nowakowski, 1962: 97. Type species: Agromyza hilarella Zetterstedt 1848: 2776, by original designation. von Tschirnhaus 1971 [synonymy].

Lemurimyza Spencer, 1965b: 26. Type species: Liriomyza enormis Spencer 1963c: 114, by original designation. von Tschirnhaus 1971 [synonymy].

Nesomyza Spencer in Spencer and Stegmaier 1973: 190. Type species: Nesomyza fusculoides Spencer in Spencer and Stegmaier 1973: 190, by original designation. Spencer 1973b [synonymy].

Six species of Phytoliriomyza are recognised in the Delmarva states. Many are small and pale with a grey pruinosity that is visible on the darker sclerites, or are larger with a black first flagellomere, but P. melampyga is predominantly yellow and will be easily confused for some Liriomyza . The genus is very heterogenous and likely not monophyletic, but much additional study is required before the component lineages can be confidently divided and treated as separate entities.