Eotetranychus cactorum Baker & Pritchard, 1960

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Eotetranychus

Accepted name

Eotetranychus cactorum Baker & Pritchard, 1960. Baker & Pritchard (1960): 473.

Original description

Eotetranychus cactorum Baker & Pritchard, 1960. Baker & Pritchard (1960): 473.

Type host: Cactaceae sp.. Type distribution: Congo DRC.

Summary

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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Eotetranychus cactorum Baker & Pritchard, 1960. Valid nomenclatural act Baker & Pritchard (1960): 473. Type host: Cactaceae sp.. Type distribution: Congo DRC.
    Mononychellus cactorum (Baker & Pritchard, 1960). New combination Meyer (1987): 108.
    Eotetranychus cactorum Baker & Pritchard, 1960. New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 47.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Baker & Pritchard (1960)

    Hosts (1 plant, 1 reference)


    Cactaceae: Cactaceae sp. Baker & Pritchard (1960)

    Distribution (1 country, 1 reference)


    Afrotropical: Congo DRC Baker & Pritchard (1960)

    Literature (3 references in chronological order)


    Baker & Pritchard (1960) The tetranychoid mites of Africa. Hilgardia, 29: 455-574 [description; distribution; host]
    Meyer (1987) African Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostigmata) - with reference to the world genera. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture, Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, 69: 1-175 [taxononmy]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]