Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Ewing, 1909)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Petrobiini - Petrobia (Tetranychina)

Accepted name

Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Ewing, 1909). Ewing (1909a): 405.

Original description

Neophyllobius harti Ewing, 1909. Ewing (1909a): 405.

Type host: Unknown. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

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  • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Tetranychina agerati Sayed, 1946. Synonym description Sayed (1946a): 83. Type host: Ageratum conyzoides, Petunia hybrida. Type distribution: Egypt.
    Tetranychina agerati Sayed, 1946. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 45.

         Tenuicrus errabundus Womersley, 1940. Synonym description Womersley (1940): 251. Type host: Unknown. Type distribution: Australia.
    Tenuicrus errabundus Womersley, 1940. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 45.

         Neophyllobius harti Ewing, 1909. Valid nomenclatural act Ewing (1909a): 405. Type host: Unknown. Type distribution: United States.
    Tetranychina harti (Ewing, 1909). New combination Banks (1917): 195.
    Petrobia harti (Ewing, 1909). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 45.
    Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Ewing, 1909). New combination Wainstein (1960b): 224.

         Tetranychina macdonoughi McGregor, 1917. Synonym description McGregor (1917): 588. Type host: Oxalis stricta. Type distribution: United States.
    Tetranychina macdonoughi McGregor, 1917. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 45.

         Neobryobia spectabilis Reck, 1941. Synonym description Reck (1941a): 749. Type host: Oxalis corniculata. Type distribution: Georgia.
    Tetranychina spectabilis (Reck, 1941). New combination Reck (1950): 127.
    Tetranychina spectabilis (Reck, 1941). Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 45.

         Tetranychina tuberculata Kishida, 1921. Synonym description Kishida (1921): 449. Type host: Unknown. Type distribution: Japan.
    Tetranychina tuberculata Kishida, 1921. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 45.


    Identification tools

    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Ewing (1909a)
    [Synonym description] Kishida (1921) McGregor (1917) Reck (1941a) Sayed (1946a) Womersley (1940)

    Complementary description and illustration literature (2 references)
    Matsubara et al. (1992) Ryu & Ehara (1995)

    Molecular data literature (1 reference)
    Majeed et al. (2023)

    Host plants (47 plants, 64 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


    Asteraceae: Ageratum conyzoides Sayed (1946a) Lo (1969) Ageratum sp. Thewke & Enns (1969) Artemisia herba-alba Zaher et al. (1982) Gamochaeta purpurea Meyer (1987) Nidorella aegyptiaca Zaher et al. (1982)
    Brassicaceae: Raphanus raphanistrum Nassar & Ghai (1981)
    Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas
    Cupressaceae: Platycladus orientalis
    Fabaceae: Crotalaria micans Medicago sativa Hatzinikolis (1968b) Meyer (1987) Trifolium sp. Hatzinikolis (1968b) Hatzinikolis (1969)
    Geraniaceae: Pelargonium sp. Meyer (1974b)
    Lamiaceae: Mentha pulegium Zaher et al. (1982)
    Malvaceae: Malva multiflora
    Moraceae: Artocarpus heterophyllus Artocarpus integer Lo (1968a)
    Oxalidaceae: Averrhoa carambola Oxalis articulata Mladenović et al. (2025a) Oxalis corniculata McGregor (1917) Reck (1941a) Tuttle & Baker (1964) Lo (1969) Ma et al. (1984) Dubitzki & Gerson (1987) Koveos & Tzanakakis (1989) Koveos & Tzanakakis (1991) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Faradji (1995) Ryu & Ehara (1995) Ben-David et al. (2007) Roy et al. (2011) Ben-David et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Migeon (2015) Zriki et al. (2015) Kontschán & Ripka (2017) Naves et al. (2021) Mladenović et al. (2025a) Oxalis debilis Rodrigues (1968) Migeon (2015) Oxalis latifolia Rodrigues (1968) Oxalis pes-caprae Carmona (1973b) Ros et al. (2008) Naves et al. (2021) Oxalis sp. Garman (1940) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Collyer (1964) Garrett & Haramoto (1967) Hatzinikolis (1969) Flechtmann & Baker (1970) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Salas (1978) Andrews & Poe (1980) Garcia Mari & Rivero (1982) Gutierrez & Schicha (1984) Ma & Wu (1984) Goff (1986) Matsubara et al. (1992) Wang & Cui (1992b) Navajas et al. (1996) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Kreiter et al. (2002) Kontschán (2015) Migeon (2015) Naves et al. (2021) Majeed et al. (2023) Oxalis stricta McGregor (1917) Reeves (1963) Carmona (1970) Zriki et al. (2015)
    Plantaginaceae: Plantago lanceolata Meyer (1987)
    Poaceae: Digitaria sanguinalis Naves et al. (2021) Oryza sativa Faradji (1995) Pennisetum longistylum Carmona (1970) Pennisetum sp. Naves et al. (2021) Saccharum officinarum Saccharum spontaneum Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Polygonaceae: Rumex sp. Urueta (1975)
    Rosaceae: Fragaria x ananassa Naves et al. (2021) Malus domestica Arabuli (2008) Rubus allegheniensis
    Rutaceae: Citrus gracilis Naves et al. (2021) Citrus limon Salas (1978) Citrus maxima Rodrigues (1968) Carmona (1970) Citrus sp. Garcia Mari et al. (1986)
    Solanaceae: Atropa bella-donna Zaher et al. (1982) Petunia hybrida Sayed (1946a) Petunia sp. Thewke & Enns (1969) Solanum melongena
    Theaceae: Camellia sinensis Abbasipour et al. (2006)
    Unknown: Unknown Ewing (1909a) Kishida (1921) Womersley (1940)
    Violaceae: Viola sp. Prasad (1970) Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994)


    Distribution (39 countries, 79 references)


    Afrotropical: Kenya Toroitich et al. (2009) Madagascar Helle et al. (1970) Migeon (2015) Malawi Meyer (1974b) Mauritania Almaguel & Machado (1984) Mauritius Moutia (1958) Baker & Pritchard (1960) Mozambique Rodrigues (1968) South Africa Meyer (1974b)
    Australasian: Australia Womersley (1940) Migeon (2015) Fiji Migeon (2015) Hawaiian Is. Garrett & Haramoto (1967) Goff (1986) New Caledonia Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015) New Zealand Collyer (1964) Vanuatu Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015)
    Nearctic: Mexico Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) United States Ewing (1909a) McGregor (1917) Garman (1940) Fleschner et al. (1956) Tuttle & Baker (1964) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971)
    Neotropical: Brazil Flechtmann & Baker (1970) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Colombia Urueta (1975) Costa Rica Salas (1978) Ochoa et al. (1991) El Salvador Andrews & Poe (1980) Martinique Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Oriental: China Ma et al. (1979) Ma & Wu (1984) Wang et al. (1985) Wang & Cui (1992b) Ros et al. (2008) India Channabasavanna & Banu (1972) Nassar & Ghai (1981) Gupta (1992) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Roy et al. (2011) Majeed et al. (2023) Japan Ehara (1966a) Ohno et al. (2011b) Taiwan Lo (1968a) Lo (1969)
    Palearctic: China Ma & Yuan (1992) Ros et al. (2008) Egypt Sayed (1946a) Zaher et al. (1982) France Navajas et al. (1996) Migeon (2015) Georgia Reck (1941a) Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Arabuli (2008) Greece Hatzinikolis (1968b) Hatzinikolis (1969) Koveos & Tzanakakis (1989) Koveos & Tzanakakis (1991) Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994) Ros et al. (2008) Hungary Kontschán (2015) Kontschán & Ripka (2017) Iran Faradji (1995) Bolland et al. (1998) Abbasipour et al. (2006) Beyzavi et al. (2013) Israel and Palestinian Territories Dubitzki (1981) Dubitzki & Gerson (1987) Ben-David et al. (2007) Ben-David et al. (2013) Italy Vacante (1983) Bernini et al. (1995) Japan Kishida (1921) Ehara (1959a) Matsubara et al. (1992) Matsuda et al. (2014) Korea (Rep. South) Ryu & Ehara (1995) Madeira Carmona (1973b) Naves et al. (2021) Portugal Carmona (1970) Naves et al. (2021) Serbia Mladenović et al. (2025a) Spain Garcia Mari & Rivero (1982) Garcia Mari et al. (1986) Ferragut et al. (2013b) Syria Zriki et al. (2015) Tunisia Kreiter et al. (2002)


    Literature (89 references in chronological order)


    Ewing (1909a) New species of Acarina. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 35: 401-415 [description; distribution; host]
    Banks (1917) New mites, mostly economic (Arach., Acar.). Entomological News, 28: 193-199 [taxononmy]
    McGregor (1917) Description of seven new species of red spiders. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 51: 581-590 [description; distribution; host]
    Kishida (1921) A mite found in human urine (in Japanese). Zoological Magazine (Tokyo), 33: 438-443 [description; distribution; host]
    Garman (1940) Tetranychidae of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, 431: 67-88 [distribution; host]
    Womersley (1940) Studies in Australian Acarina, Tetranychidae, Trichadenidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 64: 233-265 [description; distribution; host]
    Reck (1941a) New genus and species of spider mites in Georgia (Tetranychidae, Acari). Soobshcheniya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR, 2(8): 749-753 [description; distribution; host]
    Sayed (1946a) Contribution to the knowledge of Acarina of Egypt. V. Five new species of Tetranychidae. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique Fouad Ier, 30: 79-97 [description; distribution; host]
    Reck (1950) Spider mite fauna from Georgia (Tetranychidae: Acarina). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademia Nauk Gruz.S.S.R., 9: 117-134 [taxononmy]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [host; taxononmy]
    Fleschner et al. (1956) Air drift of spider mites. Journal of Economic Entomology, 49 (5): 624-627 [distribution]
    Moutia (1958) Contribution to the study of some phytophagous Acarina, their predators in Mauritius. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 49 (1): 59-75 [distribution]
    Ehara (1959a) Mites of the subfamily Bryobiinae from Japan (Tetranychidae). Journal of the Faculty of Sciences, Hokkaido University, Series VI, Zoology, 14: 185-195 [distribution]
    Baker & Pritchard (1960) The tetranychoid mites of Africa. Hilgardia, 29: 455-574 [distribution]
    Wainstein (1960b) A revision of the tribe Petrobiini (Reck) (Acariformes, Tetranychidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39: 214-226 [taxononmy]
    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]
    Collyer (1964) Phytophagous mites and their predators in New Zealand orchard. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(4): 551-568 [distribution; host]
    Tuttle & Baker (1964) The spider mites of Arizona (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona, Technical Bulletin, 158: 1-41 [distribution; host]
    Ehara (1966a) The tetranychoid mites of Okinawa Island (Acarina : Prostigmata). Journal of the Faculty of Sciences, Hokkaido University, Series VI, Zoology, 16: 1-22 [distribution]
    Garrett & Haramoto (1967) A catalog of Hawaiian Acarina. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 19: 381-414 [distribution; host]
    Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Arañas rojas de Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae).. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, 15: 61-133 [distribution]
    Hatzinikolis (1968b) Liste d'acariens de la sous-famille Bryobiinae trouvés sur les plantes cultivées en Grèce. Annales de l'Institut Phytopathologique Benaki, 8 (4): 162-163 [distribution; host]
    Lo (1968a) Tetranychoid mites infesting fruit plants in Taiwan. Bulletin Sun Yat-sen Cultural Foundation, 2: 97-137 [distribution; host]
    Rodrigues (1968) Acarina de Mocambique catalogo das especies relacionadas com a agricultura. Agronomia Mocambicana, 2: 215-256 [distribution; host]
    Hatzinikolis (1969) Preliminary notes on Tetranychoid, Eriophiid mites infesting cultivated plants in Greece. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Acarology: 161-167 [distribution; host]
    Lo (1969) Tetranychoid mites infesting special crops in Taiwan. Bulletin Sun Yat-sen Cultural Foundation, 4: 43-82 [distribution; host]
    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]
    Carmona (1970) Contribução para o conhecimento dos àcaros das plantas cultivadas em Portugal - V. Agronomia Lusitana, 31: 137-183 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1970) A preliminary report on the Tetranychidae (Acarina) of Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 63: 156-163 [distribution; host]
    Helle et al. (1970) A study on sex-determination and karyotype evolution in Tetranychidae. Genetica, 41: 21-32 [distribution]
    Prasad (1970) Some tetranychoid mites of Michigan. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 3 (1): 24-31 [host]
    Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) The spider mites (Prostigmata : Tetranychidae) of Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 6: 16-30 [distribution; host]
    Channabasavanna & Banu (1972) Plant feeding mites from India, 1. Two spider mites of the sub-family Bryobiinae (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 6: 67-69 [distribution]
    Carmona (1973b) Acaros fitofagos e predadores da Ilha da Madeira. Agronomia Lusitana, 34: 255-281 [distribution; host]
    Meyer (1974b) A revision of the Tetranychidae of Africa (Acari) with a key to the genera of the world. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Republic of South Africa, 1-291 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1975) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 19: 111-122 [distribution; host]
    Urueta (1975) Aranas rojas (Acarina: Tetranychidae) del Departamento de Antioquia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 1: 1-14 [distribution; host]
    Salas (1978) Algunas notas sobre las arañitas rojas (Tetranychidae: Acari) halladas en Costa Rica. Agronomia Costarricense, 2: 47-59 [distribution; host]
    Ma et al. (1979) The spider mites of Hainan Island (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Journal of Jianxi University, 3: 39-49 [distribution]
    Andrews & Poe (1980) Spider mites of El Salvador, Central America (Acari: Tetranychidae). Florida Entomologist, 63: 502-505 [distribution; host]
    Dubitzki (1981) Spider mites (Acari : Tetranychidae) infesting wild plants in Israel. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PhD Thesis [distribution]
    Nassar & Ghai (1981) Taxonomic studies on tetranychoid mites infesting vegetable and fruit crops in Delhi and surrounding areas. Oriental Insects, 15 (4): 333-396 [distribution; host]
    Garcia Mari & Rivero (1982) El acaro Tetranychina harti (Ewing) en Espana. Boletin del Servicio de Defensa contra Plagas e Inspeccion Fitopatologica, 8: 55-62 [distribution; host]
    Zaher et al. (1982) Spider mites of Egypt (Acari: Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 8 (2): 91-114 [distribution; host]
    Vacante (1983) Prima raccolta di Acari Tetranichidi in Sicilia. Phytophaga, 1: 41-114 [distribution]
    Almaguel & Machado (1984) Neuvo acaro Tetranychidae en cana (Saccharum officinarum). Ciencia e Tecnica en la Agricultura, Proteccion de Plantas, 7: 45-55 [distribution]
    Gutierrez & Schicha (1984) Phytoseiidae and Tetranychoidea in Fiji and other South Pacific islands (Acari). International Journal of Entomology, India, 26: 386-388 [host]
    Ma & Wu (1984) Preliminary survey on spider mite species in Guangzhou Botanical Garden. Journal of Shangai Agricultural College, 2 (1): 39-41 [distribution; host]
    Ma et al. (1984) Spider mites (Chapter eight). In: Jiangxi University (Ed.), Agricultural Mites of China (Zhong Guo Nong Ye Man Lei). Shanghai Science and Technology Press, Shanghai, pp. 88–164 [host]
    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]
    Garcia Mari et al. (1986) Acaros que viven en las hojas de los citricos espanoles. Investigacion Agraria Produccion y Proteccion Vegetales, 1: 219-250 [distribution; host]
    Goff (1986) Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal of Acarology, 12: 43-49 [distribution; host]
    Dubitzki & Gerson (1987) The natural history of Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Ewing), Petrobia (Mesotetranychus) tunisiae Manson (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the laboratory. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 3: 91-94 [distribution; host]
    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 [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]
    Koveos & Tzanakakis (1989) Influence of photoperiod and temperature and host plant on the production of diapause eggs in Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 6: 327-342 [distribution; host]
    Koveos & Tzanakakis (1991) Effect of hydration, photoperiod and temperature on diapause termination in eggs of Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 11: 2-3 [distribution; host]
    Ochoa et al. (1991) Acaros fitofagos de America Central: guia ilustrada. Serie Técnica. Manual técnico, Turrialba, Costa Rica, CATIE: 251 p [distribution]
    Gupta (1992) Arachnida: plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part 3: 61-211 [distribution]
    Ma & Yuan (1992) Tetranychid mites. In : Chen, X.B., Ma, E.P. Researches of acarology in China, Chongqing, China, Chongqing Publishing House: 28-32 [distribution]
    Matsubara et al. (1992) Fine Structure of female and male internal reproductive organs in a spider mite Tetranychina harti (Ewing) (Acari:Tetranychidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 27 (1): 65-78 [distribution; host; illustration]
    Wang & Cui (1992b) Acari , Tetranychoidea. Insects of the Hengduan Mountains region, 1: 1431-1440 [distribution; host]
    Gupta & Gupta (1994) A taxonomic review of Indian Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostgmata) with description of new species and redescriptions of known species, keys to genera and species. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India, 18: 1-196 [distribution; host]
    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]
    Faradji (1995) Report of Tetranychina harti (Ewing) (Acari: Tetranychidae) on rice in Iran. 12th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Karady, Iran: 79 [distribution; host]
    Ryu & Ehara (1995) Two spider mites from Korea (Acari, Tetranychidae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 4: 15-20 [description; distribution; host; illustration]
    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]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
    Flechtmann et al. (1999) Plant mites (Acari) of the French Antilles. 1. Tetranychoidea (Prostigmata). Acarologia, 40 (2): 137-144 [distribution; host]
    Kreiter et al. (2002) Plant inhabiting mites (Acari: Prostigmata & Mesostigmata) of some Northern Tunisian crops. Acarologia, 42 (4): 389-402 [distribution; host]
    Abbasipour et al. (2006) A faunal study of mites associated with tea gardens in the north of Iran. Bruin, J. Ed., 12th International Congress of Acarology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Abstract book: 3 [distribution; host]
    Ben-David et al. (2007) ITS2 sequences as barcodes for identifying and analyzing spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 41: 169-181 [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]
    Ros et al. (2008) Origins of asexuality in Bryobia mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8: 153 [distribution; host]
    Toroitich et al. (2009) The tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Kenya and a redescription of the species Peltanobia erasmusi Meyer (Acari: Tetranychidae) based on males. Zootaxa, 2176: 33-47 [distribution]
    Ohno et al. (2011b) Temporal occurrence of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 20 (1): 37-40 [distribution]
    Roy et al. (2011) Life-history features of the mite Petrobia harti (Acari: Tetranychidae) associated with Oxalis corniculata L. (Oxalidaceae). International Journal of Acarology, 37: 361-366 [distribution; host]
    Ben-David et al. (2013) An annotated list of the spider mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) of Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology, 43: 125-148 [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]
    Ferragut et al. (2013b) The invasive spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) alters community composition, host-plant use of native relatives. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 60: 321-341 [distribution]
    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]
    Kontschán (2015) First record of the Tetranychid mite, Petrobia harti (Ewing, 1909) in Hungary (Acari: Tetranychidae). Növényvédelen, 51 (9): 424-427 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
    Zriki et al. (2015) A preliminary survey of the spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Latakia governorate of Syria. Acarologia, 55: 303-309 [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]
    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]
    Majeed et al. (2023) Genetic diversity of major polyphagous spider mite species across host plants and spatial distribution. Indian Journal of Entomology, 85 (4): 882-891 [distribution; host; molecular]
    Mladenović et al. (2025a) First Record of Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti (Ewing, 1909) (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Serbia, with Additional Remarks. Ecologies, 6 (4): 77 [distribution; host]