Liriomyza huidobrensis ( Blanchard, 1926 )

Liriomyza huidobrensis ( Blanchard, 1926) View in CoL

( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22–25 )

Agromyza huidobrensis Blanchard, 1926: 10 View in CoL .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: Numerous specimens, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub ( Abha Farm Centre ), swept from tomatoes, 14.iv.2001, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan , 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC). GREECE: 1♂, 3♀, Crete, Nomos, Lasithi, Lasithi Plateau , 2km, W. Pinakiano, 15.x.1997, swept from seedling wheat, J.C. Deeming & M.R. Wilson ( NMWC). LEBANON: 1♂, Nahe el-Jawz, North Lebanon, Boqsmaiya , 250m, 1.vi.2001, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC); 1♀, Nahr El-Bared 20 km N. E.of Tripoli , 2.vi.2001, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). MALTA: 2♀, Ghemmieri , 4.vi.1993, on Lycopersicum View in CoL esculentum Miller, D. Dangria & M.J. Ebejer ( NMWC); numerous ♂ & ♀, Maghtab , 10.vi.1994, on cucumber, D. Carvava ( NMWC). TURKEY: 1♂, 3♀, Izmir, Bornova , 13.iv.1994, on cucumber green house, H.S. Cívelek ( NMWC); 1♂, Izmir, Torbay , 25.xii.1994, abundant on Chrysanthemum View in CoL L. green house, H.S. Cívelek ( NMWC). YEMEN: 1♀, Al-Kowd , viii.2000, light trap, A. van Harten & S. Al-Haruri ( NMWC). VENEZUELA: 2♂, 3♀, Savanna, Liara , 15.vii.1985, Mine potato, K.A. Spencer ( NMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Dawah & Deeming, 2002: 120). It was described from Argentina. It has been recorded from the Afrotropical Region; Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Palaearctic Region; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey: Oriental Region; Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam: Nearctic Region; Canada: Australasian Region; Australia: Neotropical Region; Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela ( Dawah & Deeming 2002; Deeming 2006; Maharjan et al. 2014; Černý et al. 2018; Lonsdale et al. 2023).

Host remarks. This is a highly polyphagous species of significant economic importance and is currently considered as one of the World’s most destructive agromyzid pests ( Spencer 1973a; Papp & Černý 2017; Lonsdale et al. 2023). It has become invasive and has spread to Europe, Middle East, Asia, with its cosmopolitan distribution due to human mediated dispersal ( Scheffer et al. 2001; He et al. 2002). The best observation of all aspects of L. huidobrensis is in Weintraub et al. (2017) and Papp & Černý (2017: 145). Much further information on the taxonomy, biology, distribution, host plants, control, damage caused and parasitoids attacking this species is given by Lonsdale et al. (2023).