Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) Author SEEMAN, OWEN D. Author BEARD, JENNIFER J. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-07-08 2961 1 1 72 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1 1175­5334 10095728 Tetranychus marianae McGregor, 1950 ( Fig. 23 ) Type specimens examined, Micronesia : Lectotype male, Mt Lasso, Tinian Island, 12.vi.1946 , H. Townes, ex Passiflora foetida (Passifloraceae) , USNM 1722. Paralectotypes , 5 females , 5 males , same data as lectotype . All specimens are from the type series of McGregor (1950) , but he did not designate a holotype specimen. We have therefore designated lectotypes here as per the unpublished thesis of Quirós-Gonzáles (1981). Non-type specimens examined, Central America: 1 male , La Calera, Manaqua , Nicaragua , 8.iv.1959 , ex squash, E.W. Baker, slide has several other species on it. 3 females , 1 male , Lima, Honduras , 30.x.1958 , J.G. Matthysse, ex Thunbergia alata (Acanthaceae) . 1 male , Hanacal, San Pedro , Honduras , 7.ii.1959 , ex Abutilon permalle (Malvaceae) , J.G. Matthysse. All in USNM . Australia : Northern Territory : 1 female , 3 males , Nakara , 26.x.2007 , L. Zhang , ex leaves Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) , M310. In QM . Queensland : 6 females , 8 males , Tully , 6.xi.1968 , L.R. Payton , ex Banana fruit Musa sp. (Musaceae) (N3172) . 3 females , 1 male , Biboohra , v.1972 , G.D. Adams , ex Dolichos lablab (Fabaceae) (M831[12931]). All in QDPI . 8 females , 1 male , Bamaga, N. 15.x.1982 , J. Turner , ex wild Passionfruit Passiflora sp. ( CY55 ). In QDPI , Cairns. 1 female , 2 males , New Mapoon , Family Res. Centre , 10°52.035’S 142°23.074’E , 23.v.2007 , A.D. Rice , ex Abelmoschus manihot (Malvaceae) , SAC019. In QM . Torres Strait : 1 male , Stephen Is. , 21.iii.1984 , J. Turner , no host recorded ( TS391 ) . 2 females , 1 male , Saibai Is. , 9º22.554'S 142º37.4954'E , 3.iii.2009 , A. Rice , ex leaves A. manihot . In QDPI , Cairns. Papua New Guinea : 3 females , 2 males , Popondetta, 12.ix.1966 , F.A.E., ex Dolichos lablab (N2510). In QDPI . 4 females , 3 males , Popondetta, 12.ix.1966 , ex Dolichos lablab ( ASCT 00018564, 18566, 18569, 18570, 18590). 2 females , same data except ex Glycine javanica (Fabaceae) ( ASCT 00018575, 18578). 4 females , same data except 6.x.1966 , ex French bean ( Fabaceae ) ( ASCT 00018579, 18581). All in ASCT . Comparative specimens (aff. T. marianae ): 1 female , 1 male , Goyave , Guadeloupe , Caribbean Sea , 28.iv.1998 , J. Etienne , ex Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae) , det. C.H.W. Flechtmann. ( ESALQ Zool. No. 2488). 1 female , 1 male , Caacupé , Paraguay , Y. Kimura and S. Ehara , 20.xii.1999 , ex Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae) , det. C.H.W. Flechtmann , ESALQ Zool. No. 2559 (two slides). All in ZCESA .