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Thirteen
species and numerous hybrids of Rumex are recorded as native
to Britain. These include Common Sorrel (R. acetosa), Curled
Dock (R. crsipus), Water Dock (R. hydrolapathum),
Northern Dock (R. longifolius) and Broad-leaved Dock (R.
obtusifolius).
Shore
Dock (R. rupestris) is protected under Schedule 8 of the
Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.
Four
dipterous miners, the scathophagid Norellisoma
spinimana and the anthomyiids Pegomya
solennis, Pegomya
bicolor and Pegomya
haemorrhoum, are recorded on Rumex in Britain.
The
larvae of the drosophilid Scaptomyza
pallida (See Allium) have
been bred from Rumex sulicifolius
(Adults in BMNH), although it is not clear whether these were mining.
The
British agromyzid
Amauromyza monfalconensis is recorded as a stem-miner
of Rumex, although this host record is not based on British
specimens.
Elsewhere
the polyphagous agromyzid Liriomyza strigata is recorded
on Rumex.
The
agromyzid Liriomyza
sativae, a polyphagous pest species of ornamental and vegetable
crops occasionally intercepted at UK points of entry, is recorded
on Rumex.
Four
non-dipterous miners are recorded on Rumex (see below).
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