Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phytomyza beckwithiae Spencer (ms) - Agromyzidae

Posted by Johane on 28-03-2025 12:02
#1

Hi, does anyone know where I can find more information about this species?

There is a type specimen registered in the database of the British Natural History Museum, but I cannot find any formal description of the species. https://data.nhm....rd/6603500

Thanks in advance!

Posted by John Carr on 28-03-2025 15:01
#2

I think "(ms)" means "manuscript", a name that was not published. Possibly Spencer decided the specimen was Phytomyza notata, the name he crossed out on the label, before he published the new name.

Posted by Johane on 30-03-2025 21:36
#3

Thank you John!

That sounds plausible.