Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine): faunistic survey, reinstatement of the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960 and description of a new species
Author
Zhovnerchuk, Olga
Author
Auger, Philippe
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-20
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2
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.6
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Tetranychus similis
Wainstein, 1958a
Specimens examined
.
1♀
,
1♂
,
Senecio
sp.,
Solenoozerny area
,
BSBR
, 0 7.06.1992,
L. Bondarenko
;
11♀♀
,
3♂♂
, 7DN, 1PN, 1L,
Centaurea
sp.,
Solenoozerny area
,
BSBR
(
46°27'N
,
31°59'E
),
15.06.2015
,
O. Zhovnerchuk
.
Tetranychus similis
was previously recorded in the steppe zone of
Ukraine
and was able to inhabit various herbaceous plants (
Akimov, 1965
).
Senecio
sp. is a new recorded host plant for
T. similis
.