Cerodontha

Cerodontha
	Cerodontha dorsalis
	A male Cerodontha flavicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Agromyzidae
Subfamily:	Phytomyzinae
Genus:	Cerodontha; Rondani, 1861
Type species
	Chlorops denticornis; Panzer, 1806
Diversity
	at least 280 species
Synonyms
	Ceratomyza Schiner, 1862; Cerodonta Hering, 1926; Odonthocera Rondani, 1861;

Cerodontha is a genus of flies that belongs to the family Agromyzidae. Members of this genus are distributed worldwide.

This genus are leaf miners feeding almost exclusively on monocotyledons, specifically of the families Cyperaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae and Poaceae.

Taxonomy

This genus is a very large genus that contains at least 280 species. They are currently divided into seven recognized subgenera which are: Cerodontha, Butomomyza, Dizygomyza, Icteromyza, Phytagromyza, Poemyza and Xenophytomyza.

Below is a list of species within this genus that has a Wikipedia page. For a full list of all 280+ species, see this page:

Distribution

Species belonging to this genus can be found worldwide. In the neotropics, all subgenera except Phytagromyza are present totaling 37 species. Brazil contains only five species: Cerodontha angulata, Cerodontha dorsalis, Cerodontha inepta, Cerodontha braziliana and Cerodontha longipennis. All seven subgenera are present in the Palaearctic (~140 species) and Nearctic regions. Five subgenera, Butomomyza, Cerodontha, Dizygomyza, Icteromyza and Poemyza, are present in the Oriental (indomalayan) (49 species), Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oceanian regions. China contains 25 species.

References

1 2 Rondani, C. (1861). Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum. Vol. IV. A. Stocche, Parmae. pp. 174 pp.
↑ Panzer, G.W.F. (1806). Favnae insectorvm germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 103. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.
↑ Schiner, I.R. (1862). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [part]". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 6: 428–436.
↑ Hering, E.M. (1926). "Beiträge zur kenntnis der agromyziden (Dipt.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1926: 219–224.
↑ Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.
1 2 3 Sousa, Viviane & Gomes, Marina & Couri, Márcia. (2024). On Cerodontha (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Brazil: new species and new records. Zoologia (Curitiba). 41. 10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23038.
1 2 Fu, Xin-Ting; Shi, Li; Wang, Shi-Mingzhe (2026-01-05). "Three new Cerodontha species from Inner Mongolia and Qinghai with a checklist of thirty-two Chinese species (Diptera, Agromyzidae)". ZooKeys (1266): 55–101. Bibcode:2026ZooK.1266...55F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1266.177044. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 12796945. PMID 41536624.

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[Rondani1861a-1] 1 2 Rondani, C. (1861). Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum. Vol. IV. A. Stocche, Parmae. pp. 174 pp.

[Panzer1806b-2] Panzer, G.W.F. (1806). Favnae insectorvm germanicae initia oder Devtschlands Insecten. H. 103. Nurnberg [= Nuremberg]: Felsecker. pp. 24 pp., 24 pls.

[Schiner1862b-3] Schiner, I.R. (1862). "Vorlaufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna Austriaca", mit einer naheren Begrundung der in derselben aufgenommenen neuen Dipteren-Gattungen. V. [part]". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 6: 428–436.

[Hering1926a-4] Hering, E.M. (1926). "Beiträge zur kenntnis der agromyziden (Dipt.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1926: 219–224.

[Spencer1973-5] Spencer, Kenneth A. (1973). Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Economic importance Series Entomologica. Vol. 9. The Hague. D. Gld.: Dr. W. Junk bv. pp. xii + 418 p.

[:0-6] 1 2 3 Sousa, Viviane & Gomes, Marina & Couri, Márcia. (2024). On Cerodontha (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Brazil: new species and new records. Zoologia (Curitiba). 41. 10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23038.

[:1-7] 1 2 Fu, Xin-Ting; Shi, Li; Wang, Shi-Mingzhe (2026-01-05). "Three new Cerodontha species from Inner Mongolia and Qinghai with a checklist of thirty-two Chinese species (Diptera, Agromyzidae)". ZooKeys (1266): 55–101. Bibcode:2026ZooK.1266...55F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1266.177044. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 12796945. PMID 41536624.