Alatawi, F.J., Kamran, M., 2018.
Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Saudi Arabia: two new species, new records and a key to all known species. Journal of Natural History, 52: 429-455.

Abstract
A total of 18 spider mite species belonging to 10 genera of the family Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostigmata) are reported from different provinces of Saudi Arabia (SA). Among these, two new species, Sonotetranychus madinahensis sp. nov., Tetranychus salicornicus sp. nov., belonging to the subfamily Tetranychinae are described and illustrated. Also, five genera and 11 species are new to the mite fauna of SA. The distribution and host data of all recorded species in the current study are provided. A key to all spider mite species of SA is provided as well as a key to the species of the armenychus species group of the genus Tetranychus Dufour, based on males. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C41BB3ED-99D5-4DCF-B557-09526FA7D56B

  • https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1434251

    • Summary

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

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Sonotetranychus madinahensis Alatawi & Kamran, 2018;
  • Tetranychus salicornicus Alatawi & Kamran, 2018.

    • Identification tools

    Host data (36 results)

  • Bryobia alveolata Auger & Flechtmann, 2009 [Asteraceae: Pulicaria undulata; Tamaricaceae: Tamarix sp.]; Bryobia praetiosa Koch, 1836 [Poaceae: Cynodon dactylon; Poaceae sp.]; Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857) [Poaceae: Poaceae sp.; Rosaceae: Prunus sp.]; Bryobia tuttlei Smiley & Baker, 1995 [Brassicaceae: Zilla spinosa; Poaceae: Cenchrus ciliaris];
  • Bryobia (Bryobiopsis) abbatielloi (Smiley & Baker, 1995) [Asteraceae: Anvillea garcinii; Pulicaria undulata; Poaceae: Poaceae sp.];
  • Eotetranychus hicoriae (McGregor, 1950) [Moraceae: Ficus ingens];
  • Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein, 1936) [Apocynaceae: Nerium sp.; Caricaceae: Carica papaya; Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita moschata; Fabaceae: Acacia sp.; Albizia lebbeck; Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus sp.; Rosaceae: Prunus domestica; Prunus persica; Rutaceae: Citrus sp.; Tamaricaceae: Tamarix sp.];
  • Mesobryobia parmata Meyer, 1974 [Cupressaceae: Cupressaceae sp.];
  • Mixonychus (Mixonychus) acaciae Ryke & Meyer, 1960 [Fabaceae: Acacia sp.];
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) punicae (Hirst, 1926) [Combretaceae: Conocarpus sp.; Cupressaceae: Juniperus sp.];
  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939) [Arecaceae: Phoenix dactylifera]; Oligonychus (Reckiella) pratensis (Banks, 1912) [Poaceae: Cynodon dactylon];
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) latens (Müller, 1776) [Poaceae: Cenchrus ciliaris; Cynodon dactylon; Sorghum halepense];
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) nocitus Chaudhri, 1972 [Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia helioscopia];
  • Sonotetranychus madinahensis Alatawi & Kamran, 2018 [Fabaceae: Acacia sp.];
  • Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, 1960 [Arecaceae: Phoenix dactylifera]; Tetranychus salicornicus Alatawi & Kamran, 2018 [Amaranthaceae: Haloxylon salicornicum; Salsola imbricata].

    • Distribution data (18 results)

  • Bryobia alveolata Auger & Flechtmann, 2009 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia]; Bryobia praetiosa Koch, 1836 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia]; Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia]; Bryobia tuttlei Smiley & Baker, 1995 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Bryobia (Bryobiopsis) abbatielloi (Smiley & Baker, 1995) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Eotetranychus hicoriae (McGregor, 1950) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein, 1936) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Mesobryobia parmata Meyer, 1974 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Mixonychus (Mixonychus) acaciae Ryke & Meyer, 1960 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) punicae (Hirst, 1926) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia]; Oligonychus (Reckiella) pratensis (Banks, 1912) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) latens (Müller, 1776) [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) nocitus Chaudhri, 1972 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Sonotetranychus madinahensis Alatawi & Kamran, 2018 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia];
  • Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, 1960 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia]; Tetranychus salicornicus Alatawi & Kamran, 2018 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Palearctic: Saudi Arabia].

    • Other biological features