Eotetranychus deflexus (McGregor, 1950)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Eotetranychus

Accepted name

Eotetranychus deflexus (McGregor, 1950). McGregor (1950): 284.

Notes: Baker and Tuttle (1994, p 158) and after them Bolland et al. (1998) confused Eotetranychus cercocarpi Tuttle & Baker, 1968 with Schizotetranychus cercocarpi McGregor, 1950. This last species was synonymised with E. deflexus by Pritchard & Baker, (1955 p.

Original description

Tetranychus deflexus McGregor, 1950. McGregor (1950): 284.

Type host: Symphoricarpos sp.. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

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  • Distribution
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Schizotetranychus cercocarpi McGregor, 1950. Synonym description McGregor (1950): 308. Type host: Cercocarpus sp.. Type distribution: United States.
    Schizotetranychus cercocarpi McGregor, 1950. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 208.

         Tetranychus deflexus McGregor, 1950. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1950): 284. Type host: Symphoricarpos sp.. Type distribution: United States.
    Eotetranychus deflexus (McGregor, 1950). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 206.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] McGregor (1950)
    [Synonym description] McGregor (1950)

    Hosts (15 plants, 8 references)


    Bignoniaceae: Crescentia alata Tuttle et al. (1974)
    Cannabaceae: Celtis iguanaea Tuttle et al. (1974)
    Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos albus Pritchard & Baker (1955) Symphoricarpos oreophilus Tuttle & Baker (1968) Symphoricarpos rotundifolius Tuttle et al. (1974) Symphoricarpos sp. McGregor (1950)
    Ericaceae: Azalea sp. McGregor (1950)
    Fabaceae: Erythrina edulis
    Fagaceae: Quercus crassifolia Beer & Lang (1958) Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968)
    Malvaceae: Gossypium sp.
    Rosaceae: Cercocarpus sp. McGregor (1950) Prunus domestica Stojnic et al. (2018) Rosa californica Rubus sp. Beer & Lang (1958) Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968)
    Rutaceae: Citrus sp. Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968)

    Distribution (5 countries, 6 references)


    Afrotropical: Uganda Jeppson et al. (1975)
    Nearctic: Mexico Beer & Lang (1958) United States McGregor (1950) Pritchard & Baker (1955)
    Neotropical: Peru Bolland et al. (1998)
    Palearctic: Serbia Stojnic et al. (2018)

    Literature (9 references in chronological order)


    McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [description; distribution; host]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    Beer & Lang (1958) The Tetranychidae of Mexico. University of Kansa Scientifical Bulletin, 38: 1231-1259 [distribution; host]
    Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Arañas rojas de Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae).. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, 15: 61-133 [host]
    Tuttle & Baker (1968) Spider mites of southwestern United States, a revision of the family Tetranychidae. Tucson, Usa, The University of Arizona Press: 143 p [host]
    Tuttle et al. (1974) Spider mites from northwestern, north central Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 171: 1-18 [host]
    Jeppson et al. (1975) Mites injurious to economic plants. Berkeley, University of California Press: xxiv + 614 p [distribution]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
    Stojnic et al. (2018) Spider mites and predatory mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) on stone fruit trees (Prunus spp.) in Serbia. International Journal of Acarology, 44 (7): 322-329 [distribution; host]