First discovery of Tetranychus truncatus in Africa and new records of spider mites (Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) in Burkina Faso Author DraboK, Edouard Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Unité de Formation et de Recherches en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso. & Laboratoire Central d’Entomologie Agricole de Kamboinsé, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. & CBGP, Institut Agro, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Author WaongoK, Antoine Laboratoire Central d’Entomologie Agricole de Kamboinsé, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. Author TraoréK, Fousséni Laboratoire Central d’Entomologie Agricole de Kamboinsé, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. Author SanonK, Antoine Laboratoire Central d’Entomologie Agricole de Kamboinsé, Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. Author AugerK, Philippe CBGP, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France. & Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Unité de Formation et de Recherches en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso. text Acarologia 2023 2023-08-04 63 3 969 977 http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/5105-aj8l journal article 10.24349/5105-aj8l 2107-7207 10786175 Tetranychus ( Tetranychus ) urticae Koch, 1835 Figure 2D Specimens examined5 males , 7 females on A. hybridus , Kamboinsé ( 12°27′08.1″N 001°33′36.8″W , alt. 298 m a.s.l.), Ouagadougou (Kadiogo), Burkina Faso , 11-XI-2019 leg. E. Drabo; 7 males , 9 females on Phaseolus vulgaris L. ( Fabaceae ), Kodéni ( 11°08′05.1″N 004°19′09.2″W , alt. 447 m a.s.l.), Bobo Dioulasso (Houet), Burkina Faso , 16-I-2020 leg. E. Drabo; 9 males , 27 females on Lactuca sativa L. ( Asteraceae ), Kodéni ( 11°08′02.8″N 004°19′10.4″W , alt. 446 m a.s.l.), Bobo Dioulasso (Houet), Burkina Faso , 16-I-2020 leg. E. Drabo; 3 males , 12 females on Brassica oleracea L. ( Brassicaceae ), Kodéni ( 11°08′01.2″N 004°19′12.7″W , alt. 444 m a.s.l.), Bobo Dioulasso (Houet), Burkina Faso , 16-I-2020 leg. E. Drabo; 9 males , 34 females on Manihot esculenta Crantz ( Euphorbiaceae ), Kodéni ( 11°13′44.0″N 004°13′52.3″W , alt. 380 m a.s.l.), Bobo Dioulasso (Houet), Burkina Faso , 16-I-2020 leg. E. Drabo; 4 males , 4 females on S. macrocarpon , Kodéni ( 11°17′31.8” N 004°11′34.9″W , alt. 362 m a.s.l.), Bobo Dioulasso (Houet), Burkina Faso , 16-I-2020 leg. E. Drabo. Distinctive characters — Female tarsus I with four tactile setae proximal to the proximal pair of duplex setae on tarsus, dorsal striae between setae e 1 and f 1 forming a diamond pattern, anterogenital striation generally entire, sometimes sparse and with small breaks medially, male empodium I claw-like, empodia I-II each with an obvious dorsal spur, shape of the male aedeagus ( Fig. 2D ). Note — New spider mite record for Burkina Faso .