Petrobia (Petrobia) mexicana Baker & Tuttle, 1983

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Petrobiini - Petrobia (Petrobia)

Accepted name

Petrobia (Petrobia) mexicana Baker & Tuttle, 1983. Baker & Tuttle (1983): 158.

Original description

Petrobia (Petrobia) mexicana Baker & Tuttle, 1983. Baker & Tuttle (1983): 158.

Type host: Agave sp., Dasylirion sp.. Type distribution: Mexico.

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  • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Petrobia (Petrobia) mexicana Baker & Tuttle, 1983. Valid nomenclatural act Baker & Tuttle (1983): 158. Type host: Agave sp., Dasylirion sp.. Type distribution: Mexico.


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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Baker & Tuttle (1983)

    Hosts (2 plants, 1 reference)


    Asparagaceae: Agave sp. Baker & Tuttle (1983) Dasylirion sp. Baker & Tuttle (1983)


    Distribution (1 country, 1 reference)


    Nearctic: Mexico Baker & Tuttle (1983)


    Literature (1 result)


    Baker & Tuttle (1983) A new species of Petrobia (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Mexico collected in quarantine at El Paso, Texas. International Journal of Acarology, 9: 157-159 [description; distribution; host]