Liriomyza marginalis (Malloch)

Eiseman, Charles S. & Lonsdale, Owen, 2018, New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species, Zootaxa 4479 (1), pp. 1-156 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:93C84828-6EEF-4758-BEA1-97EEEF115245
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997805
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scientific name	Liriomyza marginalis (Malloch)
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Liriomyza marginalis (Malloch) View in CoL

Material examined. OKLAHOMA: Payne Co., Mehan, 36.014339° N, 96.996744° W, 2.vii.2016, em. by 15.vii.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Paspalum ? pubiflorum , #CSE3045, CNC 638882 (1♂); 2.ix.2016, em. 20.ix.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Paspalum pubiflorum , #CSE3038, CNC 638904 (1♂); 6.ix.2016, em. ix.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Paspalum ? pubiflorum , #CSE3039, CNC 638883 (1♂); 19.ix.2016, em. by 26.ix.2016, M.W. Palmer, ex Paspalum pubiflorum , #CSE3040, CNC 638903 (1♂); 4.ix.2017, em. 11.ix.2017, M.W. Palmer, ex Paspalum pubiflorum , #CSE4263, CNC 939905, CNC 939906 (2♀).

Hosts. Poaceae : Paspalum * pubiflorum Rupr. ex Fourn. , P. setaceum Michx. The exact identity of the Florida specimens reared from Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop., Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., Panicum miliaceum L. and Zea mexicana (Schrad.) Kuntze remains to be determined ( Spencer & Stegmaier 1973).

Leaf mine. Broad, whitish, linear (Spencer 1973; Spencer & Steyskal 1986).

Puparium. Pale, yellowish-brown; formed within the mine, its long, black anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis (Spencer 1973; Spencer & Steyskal 1986).

Distribution. USA: FL, *OK, SC; Bahamas; Brazil; Dominica; Jamaica.