Baker, E.W., Tuttle, D.M., 1994.
A guide to the spider mites (Tetranychidae) of the United States. West Bloomfield, USA, Indira Publishing House: 347 pp.

Abstract
This book on plant-feeding spider mites of the family Tetranychidae is a complete guide to the 216 species, 31 genera found in the USA. It is intended for use by students, teachers, acarologists and plant quarantine specialists and contains keys, descriptions of each species, host plants with common and scientific names, distribution data, references and over 226 illustrations of tetranychid mite structures used for identification

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Host plants
  • Distribution
  • Other biological features

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Aplonobia (Aplonobia) abbatielloi Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) allionia (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) artemisiae (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); 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) coldeniae Tuttle & Baker, 1964; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) deina Pritchard & Baker, 1955; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) euphorbiae Tuttle, Baker, 1964; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) juliflorae Tuttle & Baker, 1968; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) potentillae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968); Aplonobia (Aplonobia) prosopis Tuttle & Baker, 1964; Aplonobia (Aplonobia) sphaeralceae (Tuttle & Baker, 1968);
  • Beerella incana (Baker & Tuttle, 1972);
  • Bryobia batrae Baker & Tuttle, 1994;
  • Eotetranychus beeri Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Eotetranychus thewkei Baker & Tuttle, 1994;
  • Hystrichonychus hymenocleae (Baker & Tuttle, 1972); Hystrichonychus nolinae Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Hystrichonychus orcuttii Baker & Tuttle, 1994;
  • Magdalena petiolaris (Thewke, 1967);
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) alpinus (McGregor, 1936); Oligonychus (Oligonychus) platani (McGregor, 1950);
  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) macrostachyus Baker & Tuttle, 1972; Oligonychus (Reckiella) pratensis (Banks, 1912); Oligonychus (Reckiella) pritchardi (McGregor, 1950); Oligonychus (Reckiella) saccharoides Baker & Tuttle, 1972;
  • Paraplonobia boutelouae Baker & Tuttle, 1972;
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) californica Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Petrobia (Petrobia) prasadi Baker & Tuttle, 1994;
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) lippiae Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Petrobia (Tetranychina) phaceliae Tuttle & Baker, 1964;
  • Pseudobryobia antennaria Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Pseudobryobia konoi Baker & Tuttle, 1994; Pseudobryobia namae (Tuttle & Baker, 1964);
  • Schizotetranychus denmarki Baker & Tuttle, 1994;
  • Tetranychus cobrensus Baker & Tuttle, 1972; Tetranychus mcdanieli McGregor, 1931.

    • Identification tools

    Host plant data (24 results)

  • Aplonobia (Aplonobia) abbatielloi Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Asteraceae: Ambrosia dumosa];
  • Bryobia batrae Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Caryophyllaceae: Stellaria media]; Bryobia berlesei Eyndhoven, 1957 [Fabaceae: Cytisus scoparius]; Bryobia neoribis Tuttle & Baker, 1976 [Sapindaceae: Acer negundo]; Bryobia sarothamni Geijskes, 1939 [Fabaceae: Cytisus scoparius];
  • Eotetranychus beeri Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Rosaceae: Purshia mexicana]; Eotetranychus thewkei Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Poaceae: Aristida adscensionis]; Eotetranychus tremae De Leon, 1957 [Styracaceae: Styrax argenteus];
  • Hystrichonychus nolinae Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Asparagaceae: Nolina microcarpa]; Hystrichonychus orcuttii Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Malvaceae: Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea ambigua; Sphaeralcea orcuttii];
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) perseae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976 [Bixaceae: Bixa orellana; Fabaceae: Ceratonia siliqua; Lauraceae: Persea americana];
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) californica Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Fabaceae: Trifolium sp.]; Petrobia (Petrobia) prasadi Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Sarcobataceae: Sarcobatus vermiculatus];
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) lippiae Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Verbenaceae: Lippia sp.; Phyla lanceolata];
  • Pseudobryobia antennaria Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Asteraceae: Antennaria rosea]; Pseudobryobia konoi Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Zygophyllaceae: Larrea tridentata];
  • Schizotetranychus denmarki Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Poaceae: Poaceae sp.];
  • Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900 [Pontederiaceae: Eichhornia crassipes]; Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida, 1927 [Asteraceae: Ageratum sp.].

    • Distribution data (23 results)

  • Aplonobia (Aplonobia) abbatielloi Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Bryobia batrae Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States]; Bryobia berlesei Eyndhoven, 1957 [Nearctic: United States]; Bryobia sarothamni Geijskes, 1939 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Eotetranychus beeri Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States]; Eotetranychus lewisi (McGregor, 1943) [Nearctic: United States; United States (Note: Greenhouse)]; Eotetranychus pueblensis (Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976) [Nearctic: United States]; Eotetranychus thewkei Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States]; Eotetranychus tremae De Leon, 1957 [Nearctic: Mexico];
  • Hystrichonychus nolinae Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States]; Hystrichonychus orcuttii Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Mononychellus planki (McGregor, 1950) [Nearctic: United States];
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) bicolor (Banks, 1894) [Afrotropical: South Africa]; Oligonychus (Oligonychus) perseae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976 [Nearctic: Mexico; United States];
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) californica Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States]; Petrobia (Petrobia) prasadi Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) lippiae Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Pseudobryobia antennaria Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States]; Pseudobryobia konoi Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Schizotetranychus boutelouae Tuttle & Baker, 1968 [Nearctic: United States]; Schizotetranychus denmarki Baker & Tuttle, 1994 [Nearctic: United States];
  • Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida, 1927 [Nearctic: United States].

    • Other biological features