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Tetranychus canadensis

Description

Tetranychus canadensis (McGregor, 1950)

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Type specimens examined, Canada: Approximately 40 specimens on one slide, of which about 20 are circled on the slide; the single male on this slide is assumed to be the holotype. Ontario, 1938, ex Apple Malus domestica (Rosaceae), Type 1733, 38-12699. In USNM.

Non-type specimens examined, U.S.A.: 2 females, 2 males, Washington D.C., 13.vi.1961, E.W. Baker, ex Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum (Sapindaceae). In USNM. 1 male, Estey, Michigan, 13.vii.1962, D.M. Tuttle, ex Staghorn Sumach Rhus typhina (Anacardiaceae), det. D.M. Tuttle. 3 females, Mesa, Arizona, 16.x.1964, R.D. Gerhart, ex Arizona Ash Fraxinus vekutina (Oleaceae), det. D.M. Tuttle (two slides). 1 male, Yuma, Arizona, 6.v.1967, ex Fieldbind Weed Convolvulus arvensis (Convolvulaceae). 1 female, Somerton, Arizona, 21.v.1962, G.L. Arviza, ex White [or Silver] Horse Nettle, Bull-nettle, Trompetilla Solanum elaeagnifolium (Solanaceae). All in QDPI.

Notes

Published as part of SEEMAN, OWEN D. & BEARD, JENNIFER J., 2011, Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 2961 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10095728

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
McGregor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Tetranychidae
Genus
Tetranychus
Species
canadensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tetranychus canadensis (McGregor, 1950) sec. SEEMAN & BEARD, 2011

References

  • McGregor, E. A. (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44, 257 - 420.