Metopomyza nigrohumeralis (Hendel, 1931)
mine
Undescribed. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous
Carex acuta.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from France to Czechia (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also UK (Telfer & Gibbs).
larva
Rear spiracula very remarkable, with some tens of papillae, each of them on top of a long stalk, making the spiraculum look like a shaving brush (Dempewolf, 2001a).
references
Dempewolf (2001a), Papp & Černý (2018a), Spencer (1976a), Telfer & Gibbs (2017a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).