Liriomyza brassicae ( Riley, 1885 )

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Liriomyza brassicae ( Riley, 1885)

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Oscinis brassicae Riley, 1885: 322 .

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Menhel, 1–25.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but 12.v.–3.vi.2015 ( ENRC); 1♂, Asir, Abha, Madenate Al-Ameer Sultan, 25.ii.–25.v.2002, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, Asir, Al-Souda, Bani Mazen, 25.ii–1.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but 1–25.x.2013; 1♂, Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub, 5–26.iii.2014, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah ( ENRC); 1♂, same data but 1–25.v.2013 ( NMWC). EGYPT: 3♂, 3♀, Giza, em xii.2004 – i.2005, Penny Royal ( Mentha pulegium L.), S.A. El-Serwy ( NMWC); 3♂, same data but ex Reseda sp. xii.2004; 8♂, same data but xii.2004, ex Tropaeolum majus L. ( Tropaeolaceae ); 3♂, Al-Aiat, 1♂, em xii.2003, Eruca sativa L., S.A. El-Serwy ( NMWC). ETHIOPIA: 1♂, Alemaya, 6.viii.1986, T. Mesfin ( NMWC). OMAN: 1♂, Ghubra Bowl, Wakan (mountain village), heading wheat plot, 5.x.1992, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). TUNISIA: 1♂, shore of salt lake near Menzel Bourguiba, 16.v.1995, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC). YEMEN: 4♂, Sana’a, 3.iv.1992, light trap, A. van Harten ( MMWC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Al-Ahmadi & Salem (1999). New for the fauna of Tunisia.It was described from United States ( Missouri).This is a cosmopolitan species presence in all zoogeographical region except Antarctica ( Cogan 1980; Papp 1984a; Deeming 1992; Černý 2005, 2023; Černý & von Tschirnhaus 2014; Lonsdale et al. 2023).

Host remarks. Spencer (1973a: 153–157, 1990; Benavent-Corai et al. 2005) lists many known host plants of L. brassicae , which are mainly of the Brassicaceae , more rarely of the Capparidaceae , Resedaceae and Fabaceae , Cleomaceae , and Tropaeolaceae . Al-Azawi (1967: 286) reported L. brassicae attacking radish ( Raphanus sativus L.) and Spencer (1973a: 156) reported it as a significant pest of cabbages. Papp & Černý (2017: 78) gave a good account on the life habits of this species. Lonsdale et al. (2023) gave detailed information on the taxonomy, biology, distribution, host plants, damage caused and parasitoids attacking this species.

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FIGURES 20–21. Habitus of: (20) Liriomyza brassicae (Riley, 1885), Male (SAUDI ARABIA:Asir, Abha, Hay Al-Nusub (Abha Farm Centre), 1–25.v.2013, Malaise trap, H.A. Dawah); (21) Liriomyza bryoniae (Kaltenbach, 1858), Male (EGYPT: 160km N of Cairo, Shirbi, 15.vii.2003, S.A. El-Serwy);