Botanophila fugax

Botanophila fugax
	Botanophila fugax North Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Anthomyiidae
Genus:	Botanophila
Species:	B. fugax
Binomial name
	Botanophila fugax; (Meigen, 1826)
Synonyms
	Anthomyia fugax Meigen, 1826; Chortophila pudica Rondani, 1866;

Botanophila fugax is a species of fly in the family Anthomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.^[1]^[2] The larva is a stem borer.

Fungal species Strongwellsea crypta (from genus Strongwellsea, order Entomophthorales) is known to infect Botanophila fugax. It creates abdominal holes in the infected hosts which then develop rapidly and become strikingly large and almost rhomboid in shape.^[3]

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
^ Eilenberg, Jørgen; Michelsen, Verner; Bruun Jensen, Annette; Humber, Richard A. (Nov 2021). "Strongwellsea crypta (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), a new species infecting Botanophila fugax (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)". J Invertebr Pathol. 186: 107673. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2021.107673. PMID 34626615.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4

[3] Eilenberg, Jørgen; Michelsen, Verner; Bruun Jensen, Annette; Humber, Richard A. (Nov 2021). "Strongwellsea crypta (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), a new species infecting Botanophila fugax (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)". J Invertebr Pathol. 186: 107673. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2021.107673. PMID 34626615.

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