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Oligonychus piceae

Description

Oligonychus piceae (Reck, 1953)

Specimens examined. 8♀♀, Pinus sylvestris, Solenoozerny area, BSBR (46°27'N, 31°59'E), 14.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk; 18♀♀, P. nigra pallasiana, Volyzhyn forest, BSBR (46°32'N, 31°42'E), 11.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk.

The species is found on man-made pine plantations on the periphery of BSBR. The mites can cause obvious damage (pine needles turn brownish and fall off).

Notes

Published as part of Zhovnerchuk, Olga & Auger, Philippe, 2019, 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, pp. 321-338 in Zootaxa 4559 (2) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2627008

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BSBR
Event date
2015-06-14 , 2015-11-06
Verbatim event date
2015-06-14 , 2015-11-06
Scientific name authorship
Reck
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Tetranychidae
Genus
Oligonychus
Species
piceae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oligonychus piceae (Reck, 1953) sec. Zhovnerchuk & Auger, 2019

References

  • Reck, G. F. (1953) Research investigation on the fauna of the Tetranychidae in Georgia. Trudy Instituta Zoologyi Akademyi Nauk Gruz. S. S. R, 11, 161 - 181.