Petrobia (Petrobia) apicalis Banks, 1917

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Petrobiini - Petrobia (Petrobia)

Accepted name

Petrobia (Petrobia) apicalis Banks, 1917. Banks (1917): 195.

Original description

Tetranychina apicalis Banks, 1917. Banks (1917): 195.

Type host: Trifolium repens. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Tetranychina apicalis Banks, 1917. Valid nomenclatural act Banks (1917): 195. Type host: Trifolium repens. Type distribution: United States.
    Petrobia apicalis (Banks, 1917). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 49.
    Petrobia (Tetranychina) apicalis Banks, 1917. New combination Wainstein (1960b): 224.
    Petrobia (Petrobia) apicalis Banks, 1917. New combination Khanjani et al. (2016): 1475.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Banks (1917)

    Hosts (14 plants, 6 references)


    Amaryllidaceae: Allium sativum
    Asteraceae: Solidago sp.
    Fabaceae: Lathyrus hirsutus Pisum sativum McGregor (1950) Trifolium campestre Trifolium dubium Trifolium incarnatum Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Trifolium repens Banks (1917) Trifolium resupinatum Trifolium sp. McGregor (1950) Vicia sativa Vicia sp. McGregor (1950) Vicia villosa
    Poaceae: Poaceae sp. Carmona (1970) Naves et al. (2021)

    Distribution (3 countries, 6 references)


    Nearctic: United States Banks (1917) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971)
    Palearctic: Hungary Bozai (1970) Portugal Carmona (1970) Naves et al. (2021)

    Literature (9 references in chronological order)


    Banks (1917) New mites, mostly economic (Arach., Acar.). Entomological News, 28: 193-199 [description; distribution; host]
    McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [host]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [distribution; taxononmy]
    Wainstein (1960b) A revision of the tribe Petrobiini (Reck) (Acariformes, Tetranychidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39: 214-226 [taxononmy]
    Bozai (1970) Determination key for spider mites. Növényvédelen, (Plantprotection), 10: 455-460 [distribution]
    Carmona (1970) Contribução para o conhecimento dos àcaros das plantas cultivadas em Portugal - V. Agronomia Lusitana, 31: 137-183 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) The spider mites (Prostigmata : Tetranychidae) of Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 6: 16-30 [distribution; host]
    Khanjani et al. (2016) Two new spider mite species of the subgenus Petrobia (Petrobia) (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Iran. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 21: 1473-1495 [taxononmy]
    Naves et al. (2021) Updated and annotated review of Tetranychidae occurring in mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira Archipelagos. Acarologia, 61 (2): 380-393 [distribution; host]