Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913)
(a leaf-mining fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphiomyia nasuta (a leaf-mining fly)
GenusOphiomyia (a genus of leaf-mining flies)
FamilyAGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)
SuperfamilyOPOMYZOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbs, D. 2006 Three agromyzid flies, Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913), Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949 and Phytobia mallochi (Hendel, 1924) (Diptera, Agrmoyzidae) new to Britain Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 30-32.

Ophiomyia nasuta (a leaf-mining fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ophiomyia nasuta (a leaf-mining fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ophiomyia nasuta (a leaf-mining fly)
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