A new species and new records of Tetranychidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Saudi Arabia, with a key to world species of Mixonychus Ryke and Meyer
Author
Khan, Eid Muhammad
Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King
Author
Kamran, Muhammad
Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King
Author
Alatawi, Fahad Jaber
Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King
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Acarologia
2019
2019-11-18
59
4
492
506
http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20194349
journal article
10.24349/acarologia/20194349
2107-7207
5173848
Sonotetranychus daleae
(Tuttle and Baker)
Anatetranychus daleae
Tuttle and Baker, 1968: 110
.
Sonotetranychus daleae
(Tuttle and Baker)
,
Tuttle, Baker and Abbatiello, 1976: 70
.
Material examined
— Two females,
Vachellia nilotica
, Taif
,
21°30.112’N
,
040°29.118’E
, elevation
1483 m
,
11 September 2017
, coll. E. M. Khan and M. U. Rehman;
two females
,
Vachellia nilotica
, Taif
,
21°20.474ʹN
,
040°19.325’E
, elevation
1838 m
,
11 September 2017
,
Figure 7
Mixonychus
(
Bakerina
)
aculus
(Chaudhri)
, adult female: Palp. Scalebar = 50 μζ.
coll. E. M. Khan and M. U. Rehman;
five females
,
Vachellia nilotica
, Taif
,
21°14.372ʹN
,
040°31.135’E
, elevation
1618 m
,
13 September 2017
, coll. E. M. Khan and M. U. Rehman.
Nine females (KSMA-ARL-19/20-29) have been deposited at King Saud University Museum
of Arthropods (
KSMA
, Acarology section), Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University,
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia
.
Distribution
—
Mexico
,
Pakistan
,
Taiwan
and
United States of America
(Migeon and Dorkeld, 2006−2018).
Known hosts
—
Dalea formosa
(Fabaceae)
(the
type
host, native to southwestern
USA
and
Mexico
),
Psorothamnus emoryi
(Fabaceae)
(native to southern
USA
and
Mexico
) and
Vachellia nilotica
(Mimosaceae)
(Migeon and Dorkeld, 2006−2018).