Sharkey E.R., Beaulieu F., Moore M.R., Bolton S.J., 2022.
Morphological and molecular data reveal the conspecificity of the spider mites Tetranychus gloveri and T. okinawanus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 27 (2): 250-268.

Abstract
Spider mites from Florida identified as Tetranychus gloveri Banks yielded COI and ITS1/ITS2 sequences that were either highly similar or identical to GenBank sequences of Tetranychus okinawanus Ehara from Japan. In the description of T. okinawanus, only a single morphological character, the length of the solenidion on tarsus III, was used to separate T. okinawanus from T. gloveri. Using types of both species, this character was reassessed and is shown to provide no basis for the treatment of T. okinawanus as a distinct species. Therefore, we assert that Tetranychus okinawanus Ehara is a junior synonym of Tetranychus gloveri Banks. We also provide a diagnosis and supplementary description of T. gloveri based on specimens from available geographic regions (USA: Louisiana, Florida; Japan) and designated a female lectotype.

  • https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.2.7

    • Summary

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

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900.

    • Identification tools
    Species

  • Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900 [molecular].

    • Host data (14 results)

  • Tetranychus desertorum Banks, 1900 [Fabaceae: Sesbania sericea]; Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900 [Apocynaceae: Hoya sp.; Arecaceae: Cocos nucifera; Fabaceae: Pueraria montana; Malvaceae: Gossypium sp.; Pittosporaceae: Pittosporum tobira]; Tetranychus ludeni Zacher, 1913 [Cucurbitaceae: Citrullus lanatus]; Tetranychus marianae McGregor, 1950 [Piperaceae: Piper auritum]; Tetranychus mexicanus (McGregor, 1950) [Rutaceae: Citrus x microcarpa]; Tetranychus tumidellus Pritchard & Baker, 1955 [Piperaceae: Piper auritum]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Asparagaceae: Cordyline fruticosa; Asteraceae: Gerbera sp.; Malvaceae: Gossypium sp.; Oleaceae: Chionanthus sp.].

    • Distribution data (8 results)

  • Tetranychus desertorum Banks, 1900 [Nearctic: United States]; Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900 [Nearctic: United States; Oriental: Japan]; Tetranychus ludeni Zacher, 1913 [Nearctic: United States]; Tetranychus marianae McGregor, 1950 [Nearctic: United States]; Tetranychus mexicanus (McGregor, 1950) [Nearctic: United States]; Tetranychus tumidellus Pritchard & Baker, 1955 [Nearctic: United States]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Nearctic: United States].

    • Other biological features

  • Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900 [taxononmy].