Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Saudi Arabia: two new species, new records and a key to all known species
Author
Alatawi, Fahad Jaber
Author
Kamran, Muhammad
text
Journal of Natural History
2018
2018-02-26
52
7 - 8
429
455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1434251
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2018.1434251
1464-5262
5178428
C41BB3ED-99D5-4DCF-B557-09526FA7D56B
Genus
Sonotetranychus
Tuttle, Baker and Abbatiello
Type
species:
Sonotetranychus daleae
(
Tuttle and Baker, 1968
)
.
Diagnosis
The diagnosis is based on
Tuttle et al. (1976)
and
Bolland et al. (1998)
. Propodosoma with three pairs of setae; hysterosoma with 10 pairs of setae, dorsum striated; dorsal setae setiform, two pairs of para-anal setae (
h
2
, h
3
), two pairs of anal setae (
ps
1
, ps
2
), tarsus I with two sets of duplex setae; tarsus II with one set of duplex setae, empodium a single claw-like structure, without proximoventral hairs, empodial claw much longer than pads of the true claws.