Bulletin of Entomological Research (1991) 81, 21-24

Lj. Cakar and R.H.L. Disney (1991)
A leaf-mining scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) as a pest of chickpeas (Leguminosae) in Yugoslavia
Bulletin of Entomological Research 81 (1), 21-24
Abstract: Megaselia arietina Disney sp. n. is described from Yugoslavia and Israel. Its larva leaf-mines chickpeas, Cicer arietinum. In Macedonia, recorded rates of infestation varied from 48.5-74.8% of the available leaves on a plant, with more than 60% of the leaves in a plot being typical. These levels of infestation seem to be related to the poor yields from the affected plots. The leaf-spot fungus Ascochyta rabiei (Coelomycetes) and the rust fungus Uromyces ciceri arietini (Uredinales) contribute to these reduced yields. The Uromyces spores are ingested by the female flies, but they are carried on the labella of the males without being ingested.
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Database assignments for author(s): R. Henry L. Disney

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Megaselia arietina		Israel
	Megaselia arietina	Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)	North Macedonia