Coloneura Förster, 1863

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Coloneura Förster, 1863

Type species: stylata Förster

ISOMERISTA Förster, 1863 (Type species: oligomera Förster ( = stylata Förster ))

TRISISA Förster, 1863 (Type species: exilis Förster ( = stylata Förster ))

MERITES Nixon, 1943 (Type species: taras Nixon ( = stylata Förster ))

Literature: Griffiths I-862, V-11 (key to European species); van Achterberg (1976) (key to European species).

Notes: 17 Palaearctic species (Taxapad), 11 in Europe. van Achterberg (1976) recognised three subgenera but subsequently raised Coloneurella to genus rank.

Subgenus Coloneura Förster, 1863

stylata Förster, 1863

Synonymy: exilis (Förster, 1863, Trisisa ); oligomera (Förster, 1863, Isomerista ); taras ( Nixon, 1943, Merites ); stilata misspelling, Tobias (1986).

Literature: Nixon 1954 -287; Griffiths V-14 (K V-13); van Achterberg (1976).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytoliriomyza mesnili mining liverworts (Hepaticae: Ricciacae). Evidence — Griffiths accepted C. Granger’s identification of C. stylata as the parasitoid reared from P. mesnili . Comments— The host is one of the few European agromyzids known to feed on liverworts.

Subgenus Priapsis Nixon, 1943

Type species: dice Nixon arestor ( Nixon, 1954, Priapsis )

Literature: Griffiths (K V-13), van Achterberg (1976).

DNA Barcode: Yes.

ate ( Nixon, 1943, Dacnusa )

Literature: Griffiths V-16, van Achterberg (1976)

Hosts: Griffiths mentions a single reared specimen with a pupae he thought Liriomya or Metopomyza .

danica Griffiths, 1968

Literature: Griffiths V-13, van Achterberg (1976).

Hosts: Hypothesis—Parasitoid of Metapomyza nigrohumeralis mining Carex acuta ( Cyperaceae ). Evidence— Griffiths (7).

dice ( Nixon, 1943, Priapsis )

Literature: Nixon 1954 -280; Griffiths III-799, V-16 (K V-13), van Achterberg (1976).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytomyza and Liriomyza spp .. Evidence —Griffiths (27). Comments — Recorded hosts: P. silai & P. angelicivora mining Apiaceae , and Liriomyza cyparissiae leaf-mining Euphorbia cyparissias ( Euphorbiaceae ), a rather disjunct host range.

fuerteventurensis Fischer, Tormos, Pardo & Jiménez, 2002

Literature: Fischer et al. (2002).

Similar species: C. moskovita .

Notes: Known only from Canary Islands.

major Griffiths, 1967

Literature: Griffiths III-876, (K V-13), van Achterberg (1976).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Phytomyza dasyops whose host plant is unknown but likely internal feeder in Orobanchaceae . Evidence— Griffiths (14).

moskovita Tobias, 1986

Literature: Tobias (1986).

Similar species: In Tobias’ key this species comes out in a couplet with stylata but venation places it in subgenus Priapsis .

ortegae Fischer, Tormos, Pardo & Jiménez, 2002

Literature: Fischer et al. (2002).

Similar species: C. siciliensis .

Notes: Known only from the Canary Islands.

[ pygmaeator (Zetterstedt, 1838; Bracon )]

Literature: Papp (1994) examined the slightly damaged male holotype (at Lund, the only specimen) and stated he was unclear whether the species belonged to Coloneura or Chorebus .