Eotetranychus aurantii (Targioni Tozzetti, 1878)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Eotetranychus

Accepted name

Eotetranychus aurantii (Targioni Tozzetti, 1878). Targioni Tozzetti (1878): 253, fig. 4a.

Original description

Tetranychus aurantii Targioni Tozzetti, 1878. Targioni Tozzetti (1878): 253, fig. 4a.

Type host: Quercus ilex. Type distribution: Italy.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Host plants
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Tetranychus aurantii Targioni Tozzetti, 1878. Valid nomenclatural act Targioni Tozzetti (1878): 253, fig. 4a. Type host: Quercus ilex. Type distribution: Italy.
    Eotetranychus aurantii (Targioni Tozzetti, 1878). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 213.

         Tetranychus quercinus Berlese, 1886. Synonym description Berlese (1886): 23. Type distribution: Italy.
    Tetranychus quercinus Berlese, 1886. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 213.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Targioni Tozzetti (1878)
    [Synonym description] Berlese (1886)

    Host plants (1 plant, 2 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


    Fagaceae: Quercus ilex Targioni Tozzetti (1878) Auger et al. (2023b)

    Distribution (2 countries, 4 references)


    Palearctic: France Auger et al. (2023b) Italy Targioni Tozzetti (1878) Berlese (1886) Bernini et al. (1995)

    Literature (5 references in chronological order)


    Targioni Tozzetti (1878) Relazione interno ai lavori della Stazione di entomologia agraria di Firenze per l'anno 1876. Acaridei. Annali di Agricoltura, 1: 242-275 [description; distribution; host]
    Berlese (1886) Acari dannosi alle piante coltivati. Padova, Italia: 31 p [description; distribution]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [taxononmy]
    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]
    Auger et al. (2023b) Spider mites (Acariformes, Tetranychidae) of the Massane Nature Reserve (France). Acarologia, 63 (2): 306-345 [distribution; host]