Mahdavi, S.M., Asadi, M., Seeman, O.D., 2024.
A re-evaluation of the genera Aplonobia Womersley and Paraplonobia Wainstein (Acari: Tetranychidae) with a description of a new species. Acarologia, 64 (1): 63-75.

Abstract
The genera Aplonobia and Paraplonobia are redefined due to confusion surrounding the classification of several morphologically intermediate species. Following our revision of these genera, their distinction is based on the form of the peritremes, which are anastomosing in Aplonobia and simple in Paraplonobia. As a result, the subgenus Paraplonobia (Anaplonobia) is treated as a synonym of Aplonobia and the subgenus Parapolonobia (Brachynychus) is moved to Aplonobia. A new species of Aplonobia, namely Aplonobia aria sp. nov., is also described and illustrated based on females and a deutonymph collected from Haloxylon ammodendron (Amaranthaceae) in Southern Iran (Kerman Province). Aplonobia tabukensis (Kamran & Alatawi, 2016) is also recorded for the first time from Iran. Paraplonobia (Anaplonobia) ambrosiae (Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976) [preoccupied by Aplonobia ambrosiae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968)] is renamed Aplonobia neoambrosiae nom. nov.

  • https://doi.org/10.24349/rdn0-84fx

    • Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Other biological features

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Aplonobia (Aplonobia) abbatielloi Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) acharis Pritchard & Baker, 1955; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) algarrobicola (Gonzalez, 1977); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) alkalisalinae Tan & Lu, 1996; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) allionia (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) ambrosiae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) anisa Pritchard & Baker, 1955; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) arabica (Mirza & Alatawi, 2016); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) aria Madhavi, Asadi & Seeman, 2024; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) artemisiae (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) aughrabiensis Meyer, 1987; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) berberis (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) boutelouae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) brickellia (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) calame Pritchard & Baker, 1955; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) candicans (Meyer, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) carinati Meyer, 1987; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) carthaeae Stathakis, Vretto & Panou, 2022; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) citri Meyer, 1974; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) coldeniae Tuttle & Baker, 1964; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) concolor (Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) contiguus (Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) crispipilis Auger & Flechtmann, 2009; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) cyperi (Flechtmann & Gómez-Moya, 2021); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) daryaensis (Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) deina Pritchard & Baker, 1955; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) digitata Meyer, 1974; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) dyssodiae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) euphorbiae Tuttle, Baker, 1964; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) eurotiae (Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1975); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) glebulenta (Meyer, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) haloxylonia (Alatawi & Mizra, 2016); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) haplopappi (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) harteni (Meyer, 1996); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) histricina (Berlese, 1910); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) honiballi Meyer, 1974; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) hyderabadiensis (Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) inflata Meyer, 1987; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) inornata (Meyer, 1987); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) juliflorae Tuttle & Baker, 1968; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) karadagi (Mitrofanov, 1975); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) neoambrosiae Mahdavi, Asadi & Seeman, 2024; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) pentziae Meyer, 1987; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) pongolana (Meyer, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) potentillae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) prosopis Tuttle & Baker, 1964; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) punctata Meyer, 1974; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) sisianensis (Bagdasarian, 1959); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) sphaeralceae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) tabukensis (Kamran & Alatawi, 2016); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) theroni (Meyer, 1974); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) tshipensis (Meyer, 1974);
  • Aplonobia (Brachynychus) cousiniae Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1971;
  • Paraplonobia boutelouae Baker & Tuttle, 1972; Paraplonobia dactyloni Smiley & Baker, 1995; Paraplonobia echinopsili Wainstein, 1960; Paraplonobia edenvillensis Meyer, 1974; Paraplonobia flechtmanni Khanjani, Khanjani & Seeman, 2017; Paraplonobia herniariae (Bagdasarian, 1954); Paraplonobia hilariae Tuttle & Baker, 1968; Paraplonobia myops (Pritchard & Baker, 1955); Paraplonobia penicillatus Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1974; Paraplonobia tridens Tuttle & Baker, 1968.

    • Identification tools
    Supra specific taxa

    Aplonobia Womersley, 1940 [key (World)] Key to close genera and subgenera

    Host data (1 result)

  • Aplonobia (Aplonobia) aria Madhavi, Asadi & Seeman, 2024 [Amaranthaceae: Haloxylon ammodendron].

    • Distribution data (1 result)

  • Aplonobia (Aplonobia) aria Madhavi, Asadi & Seeman, 2024 [Palearctic: Iran].

    • Other biological features