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Tetranychus turkestani

Description

Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolskii 1937)

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Non-type specimens examined, South Africa: 1 female, 1 male, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, 19.x.1979, B.J.v.Straaten, ex Lucerne, Medicago sativa (Fabaceae), det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY: 79/426; X79/92). Donated to QM from PPRI.

Non-type specimens examined, U.S.A.: 1 male, Bard, California, 29.viii.1967, R. Flock, ex Medicago sativa, det. D.M. Tuttle. 1 female, Columbus, Ohio, 7.vii.1965, D.M. Tuttle, ex Canadian Violet Viola canadensis (Violaceae), det. D.M. Tuttle. Both identified as Tetranychus atlanticus (recognised synonym of T. turkestani). All in QDPI.

Iran: 2 females, 1 male, Mashhad, 22.vii.2009, ex Elm Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae). 4 females, 2 males, Mashhad, 17.vii.2007, ex Maple Acer sp. (Hippocastanoideae).

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 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10095728

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
QM
Event date
1979-10-19 , 2009-07-22
Verbatim event date
1979-10-19 , 2009-07-22
Scientific name authorship
Ugarov & Nikolskii
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Tetranychidae
Genus
Tetranychus
Species
turkestani
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov, 1937) sec. SEEMAN & BEARD, 2011

References

  • Ugarov, A. A. & Nikolskii, V. V. (1937) Systematic study of spider mites from Central Asia. Trudy Sredneaziatskoy Stancii Zashchity Rasteniy, 2, 26 - 64.