Bryobia vasiljevi Reck, 1953

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Bryobiini - Bryobia

Accepted name

Bryobia vasiljevi Reck, 1953. Reck (1953b): 174.

Original description

Bryobia vasiljevi Reck, 1953. Reck (1953b): 174.

Type host: Campanula alliariifolia, Festuca djimilensis. Type distribution: Georgia.

Summary

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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Bryobia repensi Manson, 1967. Synonym description Manson (1967c): 91. Type host: Clianthus sp., Fragaria x ananassa, Passiflora mollissima, Poaceae sp., Trifolium sp., Vicia sp.. Type distribution: New Zealand.
    Bryobia repensi Manson, 1967. Synonymy by Livshits & Mitrofanov (1971a): 53.

         Bryobia vasiljevi Reck, 1953. Valid nomenclatural act Reck (1953b): 174. Type host: Campanula alliariifolia, Festuca djimilensis. Type distribution: Georgia.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Reck (1953b)
    [Synonym description] Manson (1967c)

    Host plants (37 plants, 17 references)
    Distribution of host plant reports by order
    The colors of the plant orders follow the classification system of The Plant Phylogeny Project, ranging from Lycopodiales to Dipsacales (hover to display the orders).

    List of host plants by family


    Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus sp. Gutierrez & Schicha (1983)
    Asparagaceae: Asparagus sp.
    Asteraceae: Centaurea iberica Barbar et al. (2022) Cousinia microcarpa Taraxacum campylodes Zriki et al. (2015)
    Balsaminaceae: Impatiens sp. Migeon (2015)
    Campanulaceae: Campanula alliariifolia Reck (1953b) Arabuli (2008)
    Cucurbitaceae: Cucumis sativus Migeon (2015) Kamayev (2023a)
    Cupressaceae: Thuja occidentalis Kamayev & Boiko (2026)
    Fabaceae: Clianthus sp. Manson (1967c) Lathyrus sp. Hatzinikolis & Emmanouel (1991) Medicago sativa Gutierrez & Schicha (1983) Hatzinikolis & Emmanouel (1991) Medicago sp. Gonzalez (1977) Melilotus sp. Gonzalez (1977) Trifolium sp. Manson (1967c) Vicia sativa Hatzinikolis & Emmanouel (1991) Vicia sp. Manson (1967c)
    Lamiaceae: Salvia aethiopis Arabuli (2008) Salvia nemorosa Arabuli (2008) Salvia verticillata Arabuli (2008) Salvia viridis Arabuli (2008)
    Malvaceae: Malva sp. Hamadi & Barbar (2024)
    Passifloraceae: Passiflora mollissima Manson (1967c)
    Poaceae: Calamagrostis sp. Reck (1959) Festuca djimilensis Reck (1953b) Reck (1959) Arabuli (2008) Festuca rubra Lolium perenne Gutierrez & Schicha (1983) Poa pratensis Reck (1959) Arabuli (2008) Poaceae sp. Manson (1967c) Trisetum flavescens Reck (1959) Triticum durum Reck (1959) Arabuli (2008)
    Rosaceae: Fragaria x ananassa Manson (1967c) Malus pumila Stojnić et al. (2014) Maric et al. (2018b) Malus sylvestris Mladenović et al. (2013) Maric et al. (2018b)
    Solanaceae: Solanum crispum Gonzalez (1977)
    Urticaceae: Parietaria sp. Urtica sp.

    Distribution (12 countries, 21 references)


    Australasian: New Zealand Manson (1967c)
    Neotropical: Chile Gonzalez (1977)
    Palearctic: Belarus Kamayev & Boiko (2026) France Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015) Georgia Reck (1953b) Arabuli (2008) Greece Hatzinikolis & Emmanouel (1991) Hungary Bozai (1970) Italy Vacante (1983) Hatzinikolis & Emmanouel (1991) Bernini et al. (1995) Castagnoli & Nannelli (2003) Kyrgyzstan Strunkova (1988) Russian Federation Kamayev (2023a) Serbia Mladenović et al. (2013) Stojnić et al. (2014) Maric et al. (2018b) Syria Zriki et al. (2015) Barbar et al. (2022) Hamadi & Barbar (2024) Hamadi & barbar (2025)

    Literature (24 references in chronological order)


    Reck (1953b) Research investigation on the fauna of the Tetranychidae in Georgia. Trudy Instituta Zoologyi Akademyi Nauk Gruz. S.S.R, 11: 167-181 [description; distribution; host]
    Reck (1959) A key to the tetranychoid mites. Fauna Trans. Caucasia Akad. Nauk Gruz. S.S.R., Tbilissi, Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR, 1: 152 p [host]
    Manson (1967c) The spider mite family Tetranychidae in New Zealand. I. The genus Bryobia. Acarologia, 9 (1): 76-123 [description; distribution; host]
    Bozai (1970) Determination key for spider mites. Növényvédelen, (Plantprotection), 10: 455-460 [distribution]
    Livshits & Mitrofanov (1971a) The mites of the genus Bryobia C.L. Koch, 1836 (Acariformes, Bryobiidae). Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Nikitskogo Botanicheskogo Sada, 51: 1-112 [taxononmy]
    Gonzalez (1977) The tetranychoid mites of Chile: I. The subfamily Bryobiinae (Acari: Tetranychidae). Acarologia, 19 (4): 633-653 [distribution; host]
    Gutierrez & Schicha (1983) The spider mite family Tetranychidae (Acari) in New South Wales. International Journal of Acarology, 9(3): 99-116 [host]
    Vacante (1983) Prima raccolta di Acari Tetranichidi in Sicilia. Phytophaga, 1: 41-114 [distribution]
    Strunkova (1988) On the tetranychid fauna of Kirgizia. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR (Biol.), 4: 32-37 [distribution]
    Hatzinikolis & Emmanouel (1991) A revision of the genus Bryobia in Greece (Acari: Tetranychidae). Entomologia Hellenica, 9: 21-34 [distribution; host]
    Bernini et al. (1995) Arachnida Acari. Minelli, A., Ruffo, S., La Posta, S., Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana, Commission of the European Communities, 24: 24-66 [distribution]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
    Castagnoli & Nannelli (2003) Arachnida Acari. In: Aggiornamenti alla Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. X. Contributo (a cura di F. Stoch e S. Zoia). Bolletino della Societa entomologica italiana, 135: 193-207 [distribution]
    Arabuli (2008) Tetranychoid mites (Acari: Tetranychoidea) fauna of Georgia. Proceedings of Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Biology Serie B, 6 (1-2): 86-96 [distribution; host]
    Mladenović et al. (2013) New records of the tribe Bryobiini berlsese (Acari: Tetranychidae: Bryobiinae) from Serbia, with notes about associated predators (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Archives of Biological Sciences, 65 (3): 1199-1210 [distribution; host]
    Stojnić et al. (2014) Species complexes of predatory mites and spider mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae) on cultivated and wild apple trees in Serbia. International Journal of Acarology, 40 (7): 485-492 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
    Zriki et al. (2015) A preliminary survey of the spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Latakia governorate of Syria. Acarologia, 55: 303-309 [distribution; host]
    Maric et al. (2018b) Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in protected natural areas of Serbia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23 (10): 2033-2053 [distribution; host]
    Barbar et al. (2022) Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae (Trombidiformes, Tetranychoidea) from Syria with a description of a new species of Bryobia. Acarologia, 62 (1): 58-67 [distribution; host]
    Kamayev (2023a) Annotated list of Tetranychoidea mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Central European Russia. Acarina, 31 (1): 101-118 [distribution; host]
    Hamadi & Barbar (2024) New records of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes, Trombidiformes) from Hama Province, Syria. Acarologia, 64 (3): 907-918 [distribution; host]
    Hamadi & barbar (2025) Additional data on mites from Hama governorate (Syria) with two new record species of Erythraeidae and Tetranychidae families. Homs University Journal, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology Series, 47 (8): 87-102 [distribution]
    Kamayev & Boiko (2026) Checklist of spider mites of Belarus (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Acarina, 34 (1): 73-79 [distribution; host]