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Text English. First of a five-volume monograph on the Agromyzidae of Hungary. Includes species found in Hungary or likely to be found there. Vol. 1 contains: Material and methods and general chapters: Morphology of adults and larvae, Phylogenetic relationships of Agromyzidae, Classification, Life-habits, Economic importance and The history of studies on the Hungarian Agromyzidae.

The systematic section includes a key to the agromyzid genera (adults) and the species of the subfamily Agromyzinae with keys for the species of the genera Agromyza (73 spp.), Hexomyza (5 spp.), Melanagromyza (25 spp.) and Ophiomyia (52 spp.). For each of the treated species detailed diagnostic features, faunistic status, life-habits, economic importance and comments are given. All species are illustrated by 1319 high quality line drawings. Includes a catalogue of species showing occurrence in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.