Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Author
SEEMAN, OWEN D.
Author
BEARD, JENNIFER J.
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-07-08
2961
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1
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Tetranychus turkestani
(
Ugarov & Nikolskii 1937
)
(Fig. 32)
Non-type specimens examined,
South Africa
:
1 female
,
1 male
, Onderstepoort, Pretoria,
19.x.1979
,
B.J.v.Straaten
, ex
Lucerne
,
Medicago sativa
(Fabaceae)
, det.
M.K.P. Meyer
(AcY: 79/426; X79/92).
Donated
to
QM
from
PPRI
.
Non-type specimens examined,
U.S.A.
:
1 male
, Bard,
California
,
29.viii.1967
, R. Flock, ex
Medicago sativa
, det. D.M. Tuttle.
1 female
, Columbus,
Ohio
,
7.vii.1965
, D.M. Tuttle, ex Canadian Violet
Viola canadensis
(Violaceae)
, det. D.M. Tuttle. Both identified as
Tetranychus atlanticus
(recognised synonym of
T. turkestani
). All in
QDPI
.
Iran
:
2 females
,
1 male
, Mashhad,
22.vii.2009
, ex Elm
Ulmus
sp. (Ulmaceae)
.
4 females
,
2 males
, Mashhad,
17.vii.2007
, ex Maple
Acer
sp. (Hippocastanoideae)
.