Zhovnerchuk, O., Auger, P., 2019.
Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine): faunistic survey and reinstatement of the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960, description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4559: 321-338.

Abstract
Overall results of several spider mite surveys performed in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine) during the 1990s to 2015 are presented. A total of 20 species were found, belonging to 11 genera, from 58 different host plant species, of which one mite genus, Mesobryobia (Wainstein, 1956),, three species, M. terpoghossiani (Bagdasarian, 1959), Georgiobia richteri (Bagdasarian, 1954) and Tetranychus lonicerae Beglyarov & Mitrofanov, 1973, are new mite records to the Ukrainian acarofauna. Moreover, 15 new host plant species were also recorded as new hosts for 10 spider mite species. In addition, thanks to the newly collected material and a taxonomical historical review, and according to morphological data, we restore the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960, and provide a new diagnosis of this genus. Therefore, a list of several new and reinstated combinations is provided. Finally, a new species, G skuthiae n. sp., collected in the reserve on Agropyron sp., is described and illustrated, increasing the number of species that belong to the genus Georgiobia to nine.

  • https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.6

    • Summary

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

    • Nomenclatural data

  • Georgiobia caesariata Meyer, 1974; Georgiobia crassata (Meyer, 1974); Georgiobia curvula (Meyer, 1974); Georgiobia lootsi (Meyer, 1974); Georgiobia richteri (Bagdasarian, 1954); Georgiobia shirakensis (Reck, 1956); Georgiobia skuthiae Zhovnerchuk & Auger, 2019; Georgiobia transvaalensis Meyer, 1974.

    • Identification tools

    Host data (29 results)

  • Amphitetranychus savenkoae (Reck, 1956) [Fagaceae: Quercus robur];
  • Bryobia longisetis Reck, 1947 [Lamiaceae: Salvia nemorosa]; Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857) [Rosaceae: Prunus sp.]; Bryobia rugosa Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1966 [Asteraceae: Artemisia sp.];
  • Eotetranychus populi (Koch, 1838) [Salicaceae: Salix rosmarinifolia];
  • Georgiobia richteri (Bagdasarian, 1954) [Asteraceae: Jurinea longifolia]; Georgiobia skuthiae Zhovnerchuk & Auger, 2019 [Poaceae: Agropyron sp.];
  • Mesobryobia terpoghossiani (Bagdasarian, 1959) [Asteraceae: Artemisia campestris; Poaceae: Agropyron sp.];
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) piceae (Reck, 1953) [Pinaceae: Pinus nigra; Pinus sylvestris]; Oligonychus (Oligonychus) pinaceus Mitrofanov & Bossenko, 1975 [Pinaceae: Pinus sylvestris];
  • Panonychus ulmi (Koch, 1836) [Betulaceae: Alnus glutinosa];
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) latens (Müller, 1776) [Asteraceae: Artemisia sp.; Scorzonera sp.];
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) zachvatkini Reck & Bagdasarian, 1949 [Rosaceae: Prunus sp.; Salicaceae: Salix rosmarinifolia; Solanaceae: Lycium sp.];
  • Stigmaeopsis malkovskii Wainstein, 1956 [Cyperaceae: Bolboschoenus sp.];
  • Tetranychus lonicerae Beglyarov & Mitrofanov, 1973 [Fabaceae: Trifolium sp.]; Tetranychus przhevalskii Reck, 1956 [Poaceae: Agropyron sp.; Calamagrostis epigejos; Elymus repens; Poaceae sp.]; Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958 [Asteraceae: Centaurea sp.]; Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolskii, 1937) [Fabaceae: Trifolium sp.];
  • Tetranycopsis hystriciformis Reck, 1956 [Asteraceae: Centaurea sp.; Rosaceae: Potentilla reptans; Potentilla sp.].

    • Distribution data (19 results)

  • Amphitetranychus savenkoae (Reck, 1956) [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Bryobia longisetis Reck, 1947 [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857) [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Bryobia rugosa Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1966 [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Eotetranychus populi (Koch, 1838) [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Georgiobia richteri (Bagdasarian, 1954) [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Georgiobia skuthiae Zhovnerchuk & Auger, 2019 [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Mesobryobia terpoghossiani (Bagdasarian, 1959) [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) piceae (Reck, 1953) [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Oligonychus (Oligonychus) pinaceus Mitrofanov & Bossenko, 1975 [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Panonychus ulmi (Koch, 1836) [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Petrobia (Petrobia) latens (Müller, 1776) [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Petrobia (Tetranychina) zachvatkini Reck & Bagdasarian, 1949 [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Stigmaeopsis malkovskii Wainstein, 1956 [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Tetranychus lonicerae Beglyarov & Mitrofanov, 1973 [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Tetranychus przhevalskii Reck, 1956 [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958 [Palearctic: Ukraine]; Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolskii, 1937) [Palearctic: Ukraine];
  • Tetranycopsis hystriciformis Reck, 1956 [Palearctic: Ukraine].

    • Other biological features