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Munro H. K. (1934) Rec. Ind. Mus. 37:15. Rec. Ind.
Trypetidae............................................................................... new species.
Fam.Agromyzidae. Small to minute, not well defined. Look like small
house flies. Blackish grey or silvery. Front broad, antennae short. Larvae
leaf miners. A few live in
stems and galls made by other insects. One predaceous. Small white
maggots, tapering towards head which consists of 2 hooks only, mine in
leaves. Pupate in the mine or in soil. Very few species found in India, 3
from Maharashtra.
A. obtusa (Gram pod fly). Black, eggs thrust in the pod. Maggots burrow
in seed of red gram (Tur) Cajanus. Pupate there. A phaseoli
on cow pea (Dolichos). Fly blue black. O. lantanae destroys the weed
Lantaua.
See Ramachandra Rao Y. (1920) Mem. Dept. Agr, 5 and 6 Lantana
Insects.
Fam. Micropezidac. Rather large, body and legs long, slender, face
retracting in profile. Wings often marked or spotted. Found in decaying
vegetable matter. Not much known about the family. A species of Calobata
(larva) bores into the rhizomes of turmeric and ginger
Fam. Chloropidae (Eye Hies) ( मिशांचे चलटाचणी)