Eotetranychus smithi Pritchard & Baker, 1955

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Eotetranychus

Accepted name

Eotetranychus smithi Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Pritchard & Baker (1955): 192.

Original description

Eotetranychus smithi Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Pritchard & Baker (1955): 192.

Type host: Rosa sp., Rubus phoenicolasius. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

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  • Identification
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  • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Eotetranychus ranomafanae Gutierrez, 1967. Synonym description Gutierrez (1967a): 382.
    Eotetranychus ranomafanae Gutierrez, 1967. Synonymy by Helle et al. (1981): 150.

         Eotetranychus smithi Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Valid nomenclatural act Pritchard & Baker (1955): 192. Type host: Rosa sp., Rubus phoenicolasius. Type distribution: United States.


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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Pritchard & Baker (1955)
    [Synonym description] Gutierrez (1967a)

    Host plants (25 plants, 13 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


    Fabaceae: Millettia japonica
    Juglandaceae: Juglans mandshurica
    Malvaceae: Gossypium sp. Caldwell (1967)
    Rosaceae: Eriobotrya japonica Fragaria sp. Malus domestica Prunus mume Prunus persica Rosa chinensis Rosa multiflora Gotoh & Kameyama (2014) Matsuda et al. (2014) Sakamoto & Gotoh (2017) Takano et al. (2017) Takano et al. (2021) Rosa sp. Pritchard & Baker (1955) Mendonça et al. (2010) Migeon (2015) Rubus buergeri Rubus chingii Rubus crataegifolius Wang (1980) Rubus idaeus Rubus lambertianus Rubus parvifolius Wang (1980) Rubus phoenicolasius Pritchard & Baker (1955) Rubus sp. Migeon (2015) Rubus sumatranus Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus folgneri
    Salicaceae: Salix caprea Gotoh et al. (2003a)
    Vitaceae: Ampelopsis sp. Vitis vinifera Ehara (1960)


    Distribution (10 countries, 18 references)


    Afrotropical: Madagascar Gutierrez (1967a) Migeon (2015) Mauritius Migeon (2015) Seychelles Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015)
    Nearctic: United States Pritchard & Baker (1955) Caldwell (1967)
    Neotropical: Brazil Mendonça et al. (2010)
    Oriental: China Wang et al. (1985) Philippines Corpuz-Raros (1989) Taiwan Tseng (1990)
    Palearctic: China Wang (1980) Japan Ehara (1960) Gotoh et al. (2003a) Gotoh & Kameyama (2014) Matsuda et al. (2014) Sakamoto & Gotoh (2017) Takano et al. (2017) Takano et al. (2021) Korea (Rep. South) Lee et al. (1987)


    Literature (19 references in chronological order)


    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [description; distribution; host]
    Ehara (1960) On some japanese tetranychid mites of economic importance. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 4: 234-241 [distribution; host]
    Caldwell (1967) Cotton, a new host for the spider mite Eotetranychus smithi. Journal of Economic Entomology, 60: 1169 [distribution; host]
    Gutierrez (1967a) Huit nouvelles espèces du genre Eotetranychus Oudemans (Acariens : Tetranychidae) de Madagascar. Acarologia, 9 (2): 370-394 [description; distribution]
    Wang (1980) Notes on the genus Eotetranychus in China with descriptions of four new species (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 23: 216-223 [distribution; host]
    Helle et al. (1981) A survey of chromosome complements in the Tetranychidae. International Journal of Acarology, 7: 147-156 [taxononmy]
    Wang et al. (1985) A preliminary survey of tetranychid mites in Fujian with description of a new species (Acariformes: Tetranychoidea). Wuyi Science Journal, 5: 89-93 [distribution]
    Lee et al. (1987) Taxonomic studies on spider mites (Tetranychidae : Acarina) of Korea. II. Spider mites, parasitic on wild plants. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 3: 95-116 [distribution]
    Corpuz-Raros (1989) Hosts, geographic distribution and predatory mite associations of Philippine phytophagous mites (Acari). Philippine Agriculturist, 72 (3): 303-322 [distribution]
    Tseng (1990) A monograph of the mite family Tetranychidae (Acarina : Tronbidiformes) from Taiwan. Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series, 9: 1-226 [distribution]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
    Gotoh et al. (2003a) Wolbachia distribution and cytoplasmic incompatibility based on a survey of 42 spider mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Japan. Heredity, 91: 208-216 [distribution; host]
    Mendonça et al. (2010) Two new spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Brazil: a Monoceronychus McGregor (Bryobiinae) from fingergrass and an Oligonychus Berlese (Tetranychinae) from grape. International Journal of Acarology, 36: 487-502 [distribution; host]
    Gotoh & Kameyama (2014) Low temperature induces embryonic diapause in the spider mite, Eotetranychus smithi. Journal of Insect Science, 14: 68 [distribution; host]
    Matsuda et al. (2014) Phylogenetic analysis of the spider mite sub-family Tetranychinae (Acari: Tetranychidae) based on the mitochondrial COI gene, the 18S and the 5 end of the 28S rRNA genes indicates that several genera are polyphyletic. Plos One, 9: e108672 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
    Sakamoto & Gotoh (2017) Non-destructive direct polymerase chain reaction (direct PCR) greatly facilitates molecular identification of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 52 (4): 661-665 [distribution; host]
    Takano et al. (2017) Effect of temperature on diapause termination, post-diapause development in Eotetranychus smithi (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 73: 353-363 [distribution; host]
    Takano et al. (2021) Diapause induction in Eotetranychus smithi (Acari: Tetranychidae): effect of average temperature, but not of thermoperiod. Physiological Entomology, 46 (1): 8-15 [distribution; host]