Ehara, S., Gotoh, T., 1996.
Two new species of spider mites occurring in Japan (Acari, Tetranychidae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 5: 17-25.

Abstract
Two new spider mites were described and illustrated from Honshu: Panonychus osmanthi sp. nov. from Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus Makino in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Pref., andTetranychus pueraricola sp. nov. from Pueraria lobata(Willd.)Ohwi in Hitachi-Ohta, Ibaraki Pref. Specimens of P. osmanthi from Fukuoka Pref., Kyushu, were also examied. P. osmanthi is a siblingspecies of P. citri(McGregor), while T. pueraricola is a sibling species of T. urticae Koch.

  • https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.5.17

    • Summary

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

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Panonychus osmanthi Ehara & Gotoh, 1996;
  • Tetranychus pueraricola Ehara & Gotoh, 1996.

    • Identification tools

    Host plant data (2 results)

  • Panonychus osmanthi Ehara & Gotoh, 1996 [Oleaceae: Osmanthus fragrans];
  • Tetranychus pueraricola Ehara & Gotoh, 1996 [Fabaceae: Pueraria montana].

    • Distribution data (2 results)

  • Panonychus osmanthi Ehara & Gotoh, 1996 [Palearctic: Japan];
  • Tetranychus pueraricola Ehara & Gotoh, 1996 [Palearctic: Japan].

    • Other biological features