Schizotetranychus baltazarae Rimando, 1962

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Schizotetranychus

Accepted name

Schizotetranychus baltazarae Rimando, 1962. Rimando (1962a): 540.

Original description

Schizotetranychus baltazari Rimando, 1962. Rimando (1962a): 540.

Type distribution: Philippines.

Summary

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

         Schizotetranychus baltazari Rimando, 1962. Valid nomenclatural act Rimando (1962a): 540. Type distribution: Philippines.
    Schizotetranychus baltazarae Rimando, 1962. Emendation Rimando (1962b): 17.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Rimando (1962a)


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

    Hosts (14 plants, 16 references)


    Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea sp. Ehara & Wongsiri (1975)
    Euphorbiaceae: Mallotus japonicus Ohashi et al. (2009)
    Meliaceae: Azadirachta indica Gupta (1992) Channegowda et al. (2022) Majeed et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Khaire et al. (2026) Lansium parasiticum Ehara (2004) Melia dubia Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Rutaceae: Citrus aurantiifolia Channegowda et al. (2022) Citrus aurantium Gupta & Gupta (1994) Citrus japonica Citrus limon Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Citrus maxima Citrus medica Citrus sp. Manson (1963) Lo (1968a) Lo & Hsia (1968) Prasad (1974) Migeon (2015) Clausena anisata Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Murraya koenigii Manson (1967a) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Channegowda et al. (2022) Majeed et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)

    Distribution (9 countries, 18 references)


    Australasian: Papua New Guinea Migeon (2015)
    Oriental: China Manson (1963) Wang et al. (1985) Wang & Cui (1992b) India Manson (1963) Manson (1967a) Gupta (1992) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Channegowda et al. (2022) Majeed et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Khaire et al. (2026) Indonesia Ehara (2004) Myanmar Manson (1963) Philippines Rimando (1962a) Taiwan Lo (1968a) Lo & Hsia (1968) Thailand Ehara & Wongsiri (1975)
    Palearctic: China Wang (1981b) Japan Ohashi et al. (2009)

    Literature (20 references in chronological order)


    Rimando (1962a) Four new species of Spider mites of the Genera Eotetranychus, Schizotetranychus (Tetranychidae, Acarina). Philippine Agriculturist, 45: 535-544 [description; distribution]
    Rimando (1962b) The tetranychoid mites of the Philippines. Univ. Philippines Col. Agric. Techn. Bul., 11: 1-52 [taxononmy]
    Manson (1963) Mites of the families Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae associated with citrus in South East Asia. Acarologia, 5 (3): 351-364 [distribution; host]
    Manson (1967a) Mites of the families Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae intercepted entering New Zealand from overseas. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology (A), 10: 664-674 [distribution; host]
    Lo (1968a) Tetranychoid mites infesting fruit plants in Taiwan. Bulletin Sun Yat-sen Cultural Foundation, 2: 97-137 [distribution; host]
    Lo & Hsia (1968) Tenuipalpid and tetranychid mites infesting citrus in Taiwan and a life history study of the citrus green mite, Schizotetranychus baltazarae Rimando. Bulletin Sun Yat-sen Cultural Foundation, 1: 253-274 [distribution; host]
    Prasad (1974) A catalogue of mites of India. Ludhiana (Punjab), India, Indira Acarology Publishing House: 320 p [host]
    Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) The spider mites of Thailand (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Mushi, 48: 149-185 [distribution; host]
    Wang (1981b) Schizotetranychus from China with a new species (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Sinozoologica, 1: 113-116 [distribution]
    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]
    Gupta (1992) Arachnida: plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part 3: 61-211 [distribution; host]
    Wang & Cui (1992b) Acari , Tetranychoidea. Insects of the Hengduan Mountains region, 1: 1431-1440 [distribution]
    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]
    Ehara (2004) A collection of spider mites (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae) from Sumatra. Species Diversity, 9: 67-76 [distribution; host]
    Ohashi et al. (2009) The occurrence of Schizotetranychus baltazari Rimando (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Japan. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 18 (1): 29-31 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
    Channegowda et al. (2022) Two new records of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) with new host plant from Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Persian Journal of Acarology, 11 (1): 153-157 [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]
    Bhaskar et al. (2025b) A catalogue of spider mite (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) fauna associated with agricultural ecosystems of Kerala, South India with a taxonomic key. Acarologia, 65 (2): 534-546 [distribution; host]
    Khaire et al. (2026) New record of mite Schizotetranchus baltazari Rimando on neem leaves. Indian Journaml of Entomology, 88 (e25045): 619-621 [distribution; host]