Schizotetranychus approximatus Ehara, 1988

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Schizotetranychus

Accepted name

Schizotetranychus approximatus Ehara, 1988. Ehara & Tho (1988): 10.

Original description

Schizotetranychus approximatus Ehara, 1988. Ehara & Tho (1988): 10.

Type host: Bambusa sp., Bambusa vulgaris, Thyrsostachys siamensis. Type distribution: Malaysia.

Summary

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

         Schizotetranychus approximatus Ehara, 1988. Valid nomenclatural act Ehara & Tho (1988): 10. Type host: Bambusa sp., Bambusa vulgaris, Thyrsostachys siamensis. Type distribution: Malaysia.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Ehara & Tho (1988)


    Complementary description and illustration literature (2 references)
    Ohashi & Ehara (2010) Safeena et al. (2025)

    Hosts (3 plants, 3 references)


    Poaceae: Bambusa sp. Ehara & Tho (1988) Sakagami et al. (2009) Bambusa vulgaris Ehara & Tho (1988) Safeena et al. (2025) Thyrsostachys siamensis Ehara & Tho (1988)

    Distribution (3 countries, 3 references)


    Oriental: India Safeena et al. (2025) Malaysia Ehara & Tho (1988) Thailand Sakagami et al. (2009)

    Literature (4 references in chronological order)


    Ehara & Tho (1988) Spider mites of the Malay Peninsula (Acarina : Tetranychidae).. The Journal of the Faculty of Education, Tottori University, Natural Science, 37: 1-24 [description; distribution; host]
    Sakagami et al. (2009) Molecular phylogeny of Stigmaeopsis, with special reference to speciation through host plant shift. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102: 360-366 [distribution; host]
    Ohashi & Ehara (2010) Correction to dorsal setal lengths of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae: Schizotetranychus) from Malaysia described by Ehara. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 15 (1): 69-70 [description]
    Safeena et al. (2025) Diagnostic keys to the Indian species of Schizotetranychus, with additional description for Schizotetranychus approximatus Ehara. Entomological News, 132 (3): 414-423 [description; distribution; host; illustration]