PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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VoL 108 Waihington : 1959 No. 3407 



SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES OF AGROMYZID LEAF MINERS 

 DESCRIBED FROM NORTH AMERICA ' 



By Kenneth E. Frick ^ 



Introduction 



A total of 206 described North Ajnerican species are dealt with in 

 this paper. All are separated by illustrated keys and briefly character- 

 ized in short descriptions that include the known larval host plants 

 and distributions. Although I am aware of some undescribed species 

 in each of the large genera, I have attempted to define and illustrate 

 each of the previously described species so that new species can be 

 recognized as distinct. The objective of this paper is to lay a firm 

 foundation upon which students of the agromyzid leaf miners may 

 build. 



Originally only Nearctic species were to be considered. However, 

 the types of the described West Indian and Central American species 

 are in North American museums except for a few deposited in the 

 British Museum (Natural History). Therefore, it was considered 

 desirable to include the Neotropical area of North America not only 

 because the types were available but because of the number of requests 

 received by U. S. National Museum (USNM) personnel for identifica- 

 tions of leaf miners from the southern extremities of North America. 



> Scientific Paper No. 1639, Washington Agricultural Experiment Stations, Pullman, Wash.; Project No 

 1260. Investigation supported by a grant-in-aid from the National Science Foundation. 

 ' Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser, Wash. 



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