New spider mite genus (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Australia & New Zealand, with a discussion of Yezonychus Ehara Author Beard, Jennifer Author Walter, David Evans text Zootaxa 2010 2578 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.197527 9cb64773-c522-4966-9042-b4d8c5bdf5f9 1175-5326 197527 Neonidulus falsicornus (Zhang & Martin) comb. nov. ( Figs 3–6 ) Schizotetranychus cornus : Manson, 1967 : 834 (in part; misidentification) ( Zhang & Martin 2001 ) Yezonychus falsicornus Zhang & Martin, 2001 : 312 Material examined. New Zealand . Ψ, ɗ, deutonymph, protonymph, larva, Banks Peninsula, ex. Rubus cissoides (Rosaceae) , 22.i.2002 , N.A. Martin (all on same slide); deutonymph, ex. leaves of R. cissoides in silken shelters, Tapotupotu Bay, 25.ii.2002 , R.C. Henderson (five deutonymphs on one slide); larva, same data (deutonymph, larva, egg on same slide). All material deposited in NZAC . Remarks. Adult female with insertion of dorsal posterior opisthosomal setae h2 anterior to insertion of setae h1 ( Fig. 4 ). Immature stages with insertion of h2 approximately level with that of h1 ( Figs 5 , 6 ). These mites live on the underside of the leaves of their host plant, Rubus cissoides (Rosaceae) , and spin a canopy of dense webbing over depressions in the leaf surface (e.g. dimples made by scale insects), or from prominent leaf veins ( Manson 1967 ; Zhang & Martin 2001 ). Live mites are similar in appearance to N. cornus ( Zhang & Martin 2001 ) .