Schizonobia sycophanta Womersley, 1940

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Petrobiini - Schizonobia

Accepted name

Schizonobia sycophanta Womersley, 1940. Womersley (1940): 251.

Notes: Described from couch grass, Hobart, but host and locality corrected by Miller (1966): Spergula arvensis, Cygnet.

Original description

Schizonobia sycophanta Womersley, 1940. Womersley (1940): 251.

Type distribution: Australia.

Notes: Miller (1966, p 56) indicates that the mite was erroneously described from Cynodon dactylon

Summary

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

         Schizonobia sycophanta Womersley, 1940. Valid nomenclatural act Womersley (1940): 251. Type distribution: Australia. Notes: Miller (1966, p 56) indicates that the mite was erroneously described from Cynodon dactylon

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Womersley (1940)


    Complementary description and illustration literature (1 reference)
    Gutierrez & Bolland (1973b)

    Hosts (3 plants, 5 references)


    Asteraceae: Conyza sumatrensis Naves et al. (2021)
    Caryophyllaceae: Spergula arvensis Miller (1966) Gutierrez & Bolland (1973b) Vierbergen (1990) Migeon (2015)
    Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera Naves et al. (2021)

    Distribution (4 countries, 7 references)


    Australasian: Australia Womersley (1940) Miller (1966) Gutierrez & Bolland (1973b)
    Nearctic: United States Baker & Tuttle (1972)
    Palearctic: Netherlands Gutierrez & Bolland (1973b) Vierbergen (1990) Migeon (2015) Portugal Naves et al. (2021)

    Literature (7 references in chronological order)


    Womersley (1940) Studies in Australian Acarina, Tetranychidae, Trichadenidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 64: 233-265 [description; distribution]
    Miller (1966) The tetranychid mites of Tasmania. The Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 100: 53-76 [distribution; host]
    Baker & Tuttle (1972) New species and further notes on the Tetranychoidea mostly from the south-western United States (Acarina : Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 116: 1-37 [distribution]
    Gutierrez & Bolland (1973b) Schizonobia sycophanta Womersley décrit de Tasmanie est probablement originaire d'Europe. Complément de la description et étude cytogénétique.. Entomologische Berichten, Amsertdam, 33 (3): 54-60 [description; distribution; host; illustration]
    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; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [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]