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Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c. Z. angew. Ent. 13: 184. Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c; Hendel, 1931. Fliegen palaearkt. Reg. 6(2): 252. Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 56 (fig. 187), 57, 114, 115. Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 274, figs 490-1. Liriomyza taraxaci Hering, 1927c; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 259, 263, 264 (fig. 993).

Leaf-mine: A small somewhat irregular, elongate blotch (Spencer, 1972b: 57 Spencer, 1976: 273 (fig. 491), 274). The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Liriomyza taraxaci on Taraxacum officinale. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1925). Posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of 8-10 bulbs (Spencer, 1972b: 57; Spencer, 1976: 274). Puparium: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Asteraceae       Leontodon autumnalis Autumn Hawkbit Spencer, 1972b: 114 Taraxacum     Robbins, 1991: 123 Taraxacum     Spencer, 1972b: 25 Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Mines in BMNH Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Spencer, 1972b: 115 Hosts elsewhere: Asteraceae       Arnoseris     Spencer, 1990: 263 Leontodon     Nederlandse bladmineerders Sonchus     Spencer, 1990: 263 Taraxacum     Spencer, 1976: 274 Taraxacum     Spencer, 1990: 263 Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: June-August. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Perth (Killin) (Spencer, 1972b: 57), Warwick (Coventry, Holbrooks) (Robbins, 1991: 123) and Berwick and Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE and SNH). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland: Co. Kilkenny (Spencer, 1972b: 57). Distribution elsewhere: Holarctic. Widespread in Europe including Denmark, Sweden, Norway (Spencer, 1976: 274); The Netherlands, Luxembourg (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Belgium (de Bruyn & von Tschirnhaus, 1991), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 562), Canary Is., Finland, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland and Spanish mainland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Range extending eastwards to the Central Asian Republics of the [former] U.S.S.R. (Spencer, 1976: 274). Also recorded in Canada (Spencer, 1969a: 188). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis liriomyzae Delucchi, 1954 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Chrysocharis orbicularis (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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