Neopetrobia (Neopetrobia) arboriformae Meyer, 1987

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Hystrichonychini - Neopetrobia (Neopetrobia)

Accepted name

Neopetrobia (Neopetrobia) arboriformae Meyer, 1987. Meyer (1987): 51.

Original description

Neopetrobia arboriformae Meyer, 1987. Meyer (1987): 51.

Type host: Cliffortia ruscifolia, Mestoklema arboriforme, Ruschia tenella. Type distribution: South Africa.

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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Neopetrobia arboriformae Meyer, 1987. Valid nomenclatural act Meyer (1987): 51. Type host: Cliffortia ruscifolia, Mestoklema arboriforme, Ruschia tenella. Type distribution: South Africa.
    Neopetrobia (Neopetrobia) arboriformae Meyer, 1987. New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 99.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Meyer (1987)

    Hosts (3 plants, 1 reference)


    Aizoaceae: Mestoklema arboriforme Meyer (1987) Ruschia tenella Meyer (1987)
    Rosaceae: Cliffortia ruscifolia Meyer (1987)

    Distribution (1 country, 1 reference)


    Afrotropical: South Africa Meyer (1987)

    Literature (2 references in chronological order)


    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 [description; distribution; host]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]