Spider Mites Web species

Tetranychus carpini Oudemans, 1905. Valid nomenclatural act Oudemans (1905b): LXXIX. Type host: Carpinus betulus. Type distribution: Germany, Italy. Notes: Spelled "Tetronychus"
Eotetranychus carpini (Oudemans, 1905). New combination Oudemans (1931e): 290.
Schizotetranychus (Eotetranychus) carpini (Oudemans, 1905). New combination Reck (1948b): 374.
Eotetranychus carpini (Oudemans, 1905). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1952): 261.

Eotetranychus carpini borealis (Ewing, 1913). Change of status Pritchard & Baker (1952): 261.
Eotetranychus carpini borealis Ewing, 1913. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 179.

Schizotetranychus (Eotetranychus) carpinula Reck, 1950. Synonym description Reck (1950): 131. Type host: Carpinus betulus.
Schizotetranychus (Eotetranychus) carpinula Reck, 1950. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 179.
Schizotetranychus carpinula Reck, 1950. New combination Bagdasarian (1957): 129.

Tetranychus flavus Ewing, 1913. Synonym description Ewing (1913): 458. Type host: Malus domestica.
Tetranychus flavus Ewing, 1913. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1952): 261.

Tetranychus monticolus McGregor, 1917. Synonym description McGregor (1917): 584. Type host: Vaccinium sp..
Tetranychus monticolus McGregor, 1917. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1952): 261.

Tetranychus oregonensis McGregor, 1917. Synonym description McGregor (1917): 585. Type host: Prunus sp..
Tetranychus oregonensis McGregor, 1917. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1952): 261.

Schizotetranychus (Eotetranychus) pterocaryae Reck, 1950. Synonym description Reck (1950): 130. Type host: Pterocarya fraxinifolia.
Schizotetranychus (Eotetranychus) pterocaryae Reck, 1950. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 179.
Schizotetranychus pterocaryae Reck, 1950. New combination Bagdasarian (1957): 124.

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Original description and illustration literature

[Original description] Oudemans (1905b)
[Synonym description] Ewing (1913) McGregor (1917) Reck (1950)

Complementary description and illustration literature (1 reference)

Oudemans (1915)

Hosts (66 plants, 49 references)

Distribution (31 countries, 60 references)

Nearctic: Mexico Beer & Lang (1958) United States McGregor (1917)
Palearctic: Algeria Athias-Henriot (1959) Armenia Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Azerbaijan Mitrofanov et al. (1987) China Ma & Yuan (1981a) Croatia Ciglar & Baric (1998) Finland Oudemans (1915) France Delmas & Rambier (1954) Rambier (1958a) Rambier (1958b) Rambier (1979) Gutierrez & Helle (1983) Navajas et al. (1996) Kreiter et al. (2000) Migeon et al. (2007) Migeon (2015) Auger et al. (2023b) Georgia Reck (1950) Reck (1959) Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Arabuli (2008) Germany Oudemans (1905b) Zacher (1921) Greece Hatzinikolis (1970b) Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994) Markoyiannaki-Printzioui et al. (2000) Hungary Bognar (1961) Kontschán & Ripka (2017) Iran Beyzavi et al. (2013) Italy Girolami & Duso (1985) Vacante & Tropea (1987b) Bernini et al. (1995) Rigamonti & Lozzia (1999) Duso et al. (2004) Migeon et al. (2007) Malagnini et al. (2012) Latvia Petrov (1971) Lebanon Dosse (1967) Dosse & Musa (1967) Morocco Saba (1973b) El-Jaouani (1988) Netherlands Vierbergen (1990) Poland Boczek & Kropczynska (1964) Dobosz et al. (1995) Soika & Łabanowski (2003) Romania Jacob (1978) Russian Federation Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Kamayev (2023a) Kamayev & Karpun (2024) Serbia Maric et al. (2018a) Maric et al. (2018b) Marić et al. (2022) Mladenovic et al. (2024) Slovenia Migeon et al. (2007) Malagnini et al. (2012) Spain Migeon (2015) Switzerland Günthart & Günthart (1959) Syria Zeity (2017) Tunisia Kreiter et al. (2002) Turkiye Onucar & Ulu (1988) Uysal et al. (2001) Yeşilayer & Çobanoğlu (2015) Ukraine Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Zhovnerchuk (2006) Akimov et al. (2007) Zhovnerchuk (2013) United Kingdom Hirst (1920)

Literature (69 references in chronological order)

Oudemans (1905b) Verslag van de zestigste Zomervergadering der Nederlandsche Entomologische Vereeniging, gehouden te Driebergen op Zaterdag, 20 Mei 1905, des morgens ten 11 ure. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 48: LXXVII-LXXXI [description; distribution; host]
Ewing (1913) The taxonomic value of characters of the male genital armature in the genus Tetranychus Dufour.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 61 (4): 453-460 [description; host]
Oudemans (1915) Notizen über Acari. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A, 81 (5): 1-78 [description; distribution; host; illustration]
McGregor (1917) Description of seven new species of red spiders. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 51: 581-590 [description; distribution; host]
Hirst (1920) Revision of the English species of red spider (Genera Tetranychus and Oligonychus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 4: 49-60 [distribution]
Zacher (1921) Neue und wenig bekannte Spinnmilben. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Entomologie, 7: 181-187 [distribution]
Oudemans (1931e) Acarologische Aanteekeningen CX. Entomologische Berichten, Amsertdam, 8 (181): 289-293 [taxononmy]
Reck (1948b) Genus Schizotetranychus (Tetranychidae, Acari) described on the data material from Georgia. Soobshcheniya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR, 9(6): 369-376 [taxononmy]
McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [host]
Reck (1950) Spider mite fauna from Georgia (Tetranychidae: Acarina). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademia Nauk Gruz.S.S.R., 9: 117-134 [description; distribution; host]
Pritchard & Baker (1952) A guide to the spider mites of deciduous fruit trees. Hilgardia, 21 (9): 253-287 [taxononmy]
Delmas & Rambier (1954) L'invasion des araignées rouges sur la vigne. Le Progrès Agricole et Viticole, 34-35: 101-104 [distribution; host]
Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [taxononmy]
Bagdasarian (1957) Tetranychoid mites (superfamily Tetranychoidea). Fauna of the Armenian S.S.R. Erevan, Akademia Nauk Armenia S.S.R. Zool. Institut: 163 p [taxononmy]
Beer & Lang (1958) The Tetranychidae of Mexico. University of Kansa Scientifical Bulletin, 38: 1231-1259 [distribution; host]
Rambier (1958a) Les acariens nuisibles en cultures fruitières. Comptes-Rendus des Journées Fruitières et Maraichères, Avignon: 59-64 [distribution; host]
Rambier (1958b) Les Tétranyques nuisibles à la vigne en France continentale. Revue de Zoologie Agricole et Appliquée, 1958 (1-3): 1-21 [distribution; host]
Athias-Henriot (1959) Acarologie appliquée et agronomie algérienne. Acarologia, 1 (2): 181-200 [distribution]
Günthart & Günthart (1959) Uber das Auftreten von Spinnmilben (Tetranychidae) und Raubmilben (Phytoseiinae, Acari) in der Schweiz. Sonderabdrurck Verhandlungen IV. Internationalen Pflanzenschutz-Kongress Hamburg 1957, (Braunschweig), Bd. I: 927-928 [distribution]
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 [distribution]
Bognar (1961) Contributions to the knowledge of the spider mite fauna of Hungary. Ann. Inst. Prot. Plant. Hung., 8: 261-268 [distribution]
Reeves (1963) Tetranychidae infesting woody plants in New York State, and a life history study of the elm mite Eotetranychus matthyssei n. sp.. Cornell University Agricultural Station Mem.: 99 p [host]
Boczek & Kropczynska (1964) Studies on mites (Acarina) living on plants in Poland. I. Fragmenta Faunistica Warszawa, 11 (12): 161-188 [distribution; host]
Dosse (1967) Schadmilben des Libanons und ihre Prädatoren. Landwirtschaftlichen Hochschule Stuggart-Hohenheim, 59: 16-48 [distribution]
Dosse & Musa (1967) Phytophagous mites in Lebanon, their predators. Magon, Institut de Recherches Agronomiques, Liban, Publication No 12: 1-24 [distribution]
Thewke & Enns (1969) The spider-mite complex (Acarina : Tetranychoidae) in Missouri. Museum contributions, Columbia, Missouri, USA, University of Missouri, Monograph No. 1: 106 p [host]
Hatzinikolis (1970b) Neuf espèces d'acariens signalées pour la première fois en Grèce.. Annales de l'Institut Phytopathologique Benaki, 9 (3): 238-241 [distribution; host]
Petrov (1971) On the study of spider mites species structure and ecology in Latvia. Vestis, 7 (288): 26-32 [distribution; host]
Saba (1973b) Les acariens nuisibles aux plantes cultivees au Maroc. Al Awania, 49: 69-97 [distribution]
Jacob (1978) Treatise of agricultural zoology. Pests of cultivated plants. Vol. I. Bucharest, Romania, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania, 441 p (205-329) [distribution]
Rambier (1979) Où en est aujourd'hui en viticulture, la lutte contre les acariens tétranyques. Le Progrès Agricole et Viticole, 96: 236-241 [distribution; host]
Ma & Yuan (1981a) New species and new records of tetranychid mites from China II. (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Zoological Research, 2: 281-287 [distribution; host]
Gutierrez & Helle (1983) Eotetranychus rubiphilus espèce nouvelle pour la France et l'Europe occidentale : redescription et caryotype (Acari : Tetranychidae). Entomologische Berichten, Amsertdam, 43 (7): 109-112 [distribution; host]
Girolami & Duso (1985) Controllo biologico degli acari nei vigneti. Informatore Agarrio, 61 (18): 83-89 [distribution; host]
Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Keys to the tetranychid mites (Tetranychidae, Bryobiidae) fauna of the USSR, adjacent countries. Institute of Zoology and Parasitology E.N. Pavlosky, Tajik SSR, Doma, Dushanbe: 224 pp [distribution]
Vacante & Tropea (1987b) Grape mites in Sicily. Contribution I. Cavalloro, R., Balkema, A.A., Proceedings meeting of CEC Expert group, Portoferraio: 207-215 [distribution; host]
El-Jaouani (1988) Contribution à la connaissance des acariens phytophages au Maroc et étude bio-écologique de Tetranychus evansi Baker et Pritchard (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Rabat, Maroc, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II: 165 p + annexes [distribution]
Onucar & Ulu (1988) Some notes on acarina species which have been found on chestnut trees. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi, 12 (1): 33-38 [distribution; host]
Vierbergen (1990) The spider mites of the Netherlands and their economic significance (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Proceedings of the Section Experimental and Applied Entomology of the Netherlands Entomological Society, 1: 158-164 [distribution]
Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994) Phytophagous mites, their predators observed on cultivated plants in Greece during 1975-1990. Annales de l'Institut Phytopathologique Benaki, (N.S.), 17: 35-87 [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]
Dobosz et al. (1995) The appearance of spider mites (Tetranychidae) in parks of Poznan. Boczek, J., Ignatowicz, S., Materialy z Sympozjum na temat: Osiagniecia Akarologii w Polsce, Siedlce, 26-27 wresnia 1995, Komitet Ochrony Roslin Polska Akademia Nauk: 39-42 [distribution; host]
Navajas et al. (1996) Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I in tetranychid mites: a comparison between molecular phylogeny and changes of morphological and life history traits. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 86 (4): 407-417 [distribution; host]
Ciglar & Baric (1998) Pernicious insects, mites fauna in Croatian orhards. Entomologia Croatica, 4: 63-69 [distribution]
Rigamonti & Lozzia (1999) Injurious, beneficial mites on urban trees in Northern Italy. Acta Horticulturae, 496: 177-182 [distribution; host]
Kreiter et al. (2000) Phytoseiid mites of vineyards in France (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Acarologia, 41 (1-2): 77-96 [distribution; host]
Markoyiannaki-Printzioui et al. (2000) Observations on acarofauna in four apple orchards of Central Greece. I. Incidence of pedoclimatic conditions, agricultural techniques on phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Acarologia, 41 (1-2): 109-126 [distribution; host]
Uysal et al. (2001) Determination of Tetranychoidea (Acarina: Prostigmata) species harmful in the park areas of Ankara. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi, 25: 147-160 [distribution; host]
Kreiter et al. (2002) Plant inhabiting mites (Acari: Prostigmata & Mesostigmata) of some Northern Tunisian crops. Acarologia, 42 (4): 389-402 [distribution; host]
Soika & Łabanowski (2003) Spider mites (Tetranychidae) recorded on ornamental trees and shrubs in nurseries. Journal of Plant Protection Research, 43 (2): 105-112 [distribution; host]
Duso et al. (2004) Diversity and abundance of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in vineyards and the surrounding vegetation in northeastern Italy. Acarologia, 44 (1-2): 31-47 [distribution; host]
Zhovnerchuk (2006) Tetranychoid mites (Prostigmata: Tetranychoidea) inhabiting green planting in Kyiv. Biological Letter, 43: 389-392 [distribution; host]
Akimov et al. (2007) Species composition and ecological peculiarities of mites of the superfamily Tetranychoidea (Acariformes, Trombidiformes) and family Phytoseiidae (Parasitiformes, Gamasina), inhabiting plants in botanical gardens of Kyiv (Ukraine).. Vestnik Zoologii, 41 (6): 521-534 [distribution; host]
Migeon et al. (2007) Notes on the genus Eotetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Italy and France with a redescription of Eotetranychus fraxini Reck, new record for Italy and Western Europe. Zootaxa, 1509: 51-60 [distribution; host]
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]
Malagnini et al. (2012) Differences between sympatric populations of Eotetranychus carpini collected from Vitis vinifera and Carpinus betulus: insights from host-switch experiments and molecular data. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 56: 209-219 [distribution; host]
Beyzavi et al. (2013) A catalog of Iranian prostigmatic mites of superfamilies Raphignathoidea & Tetranychoidea (Acari). Persian Journal of Acarology, 2 (3): 389-474 [distribution]
Zhovnerchuk (2013) Tetranychoid mites (Acari, Tetranychoidea) from the Fagales plants in Ukraine. Proceedings of the V International Scientific Conference Readings in memory of prof. II Barabash-Nikiforov , Voronej, Publishing center Voronezh State University: 68-72 [distribution; host]
Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
Yeşilayer & Çobanoğlu (2015) Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostigmata) species from parks, ornamental plants in Istanbul, Turkey. Gaziosmanpaşa Bilimsel Araştırma Dergisi, 11: 90-98 [distribution; host]
Kontschán & Ripka (2017) Checklist of the Hungarian spider mites and flat mites (Acari: Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22 (8): 1199-1225 [distribution; host]
Zeity (2017) Some new records of spider mites (Acari, Tetranychidae) from Syria. Acarologia, 57 (3): 651-654 [distribution; host]
Maric et al. (2018a) Biodiversity of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Serbia: a review, new records, key to all known species. Acarologia, 58 (1): 3-14 [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]
Marić et al. (2022) The dark-red spider mite, Tetranychus ludeni Zacher (Acari: Tetranychidae): A new pest in Serbian acarofauna. Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 37: 85-93 [distribution; host]
Auger et al. (2023b) Spider mites (Acariformes, Tetranychidae) of the Massane Nature Reserve (France). Acarologia, 63 (2): 306-345 [distribution; host]
Kamayev (2023a) Annotated list of Tetranychoidea mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Central European Russia. Acarina, 31 (1): 101-118 [distribution; host]
Kamayev & Karpun (2024) A contribution to the knowledge of the spider mite fauna (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) of the North Caucasus, Russia. Acarina, 32 (1): 35-42 [distribution; host]
Mladenovic et al. (2024) A contribution to the knowledge of the mites (ACARI) fauna of the hornbeam in Serbia. Sustainable Forestry: Collection, Collection 89-90: 131-140 [distribution; host]