Bryobia karooensis Meyer, 1974

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Bryobiini - Bryobia

Accepted name

Bryobia karooensis Meyer, 1974. Meyer (1974b): 47.

Original description

Bryobia karooensis Meyer, 1974. Meyer (1974b): 46.

Type host: Aptosimum marlothii, Atriplex semibaccata, Chrysocoma coma-aurea, Chrysocoma oblongifolia, Diospyros lycioides, Felicia muricata, Galenia procumbens, Melolobium candicans, Pentzia globosa, Phaeoptilum spinosum. Type distribution: South Africa.

Summary

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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Bryobia karooensis Meyer, 1974. Valid nomenclatural act Meyer (1974b): 46. Type host: Aptosimum marlothii, Atriplex semibaccata, Chrysocoma coma-aurea, Chrysocoma oblongifolia, Diospyros lycioides, Felicia muricata, Galenia procumbens, Melolobium candicans, Pentzia globosa, Phaeoptilum spinosum. Type distribution: South Africa.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Meyer (1974b)

    Hosts (12 plants, 2 references)


    Aizoaceae: Galenia procumbens Meyer (1974b)
    Amaranthaceae: Atriplex semibaccata Meyer (1974b)
    Asteraceae: Chrysocoma coma-aurea Meyer (1974b) Chrysocoma oblongifolia Meyer (1974b) Felicia muricata Meyer (1974b) Meyer (1987) Helichrysum kraussii Meyer (1987) Pentzia globosa Meyer (1974b)
    Ebenaceae: Diospyros lycioides Meyer (1974b)
    Fabaceae: Melolobium candicans Meyer (1974b)
    Malvaceae: Hermannia sp. Meyer (1987)
    Nyctaginaceae: Phaeoptilum spinosum Meyer (1974b)
    Scrophulariaceae: Aptosimum marlothii Meyer (1974b)

    Distribution (2 countries, 4 references)


    Afrotropical: South Africa Meyer (1974b) Meyer (1987) Meyer & Ueckermann (1989)
    Palearctic: Iran Beyzavi et al. (2013)

    Literature (4 references in chronological order)


    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 [description; 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 [distribution; host]
    Meyer & Ueckermann (1989) South African Acari. V. Some mites of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe, 32: 1-24 [distribution]
    Beyzavi et al. (2013) A catalog of Iranian prostigmatic mites of superfamilies Raphignathoidea & Tetranychoidea (Acari). Persian Journal of Acarology, 2 (3): 389-474 [distribution]