Tetranychus polys Pritchard & Baker, 1955

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus

Accepted name

Tetranychus polys Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Pritchard & Baker (1955): 396.

Original description

Tetranychus polys Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Pritchard & Baker (1955): 396.

Type host: Atriplex sp.. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

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

         Tetranychus polys Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Valid nomenclatural act Pritchard & Baker (1955): 396. Type host: Atriplex sp.. Type distribution: United States.
    Tetranychus (Polynychus) polys Pritchard & Baker, 1955. New combination Tuttle & Baker (1968): 131.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Pritchard & Baker (1955)

    Hosts (12 plants, 6 references)


    Amaranthaceae: Atriplex canescens Tuttle & Baker (1968) Migeon (2015) Atriplex elegans Atriplex nuttallii Tuttle & Baker (1976) Atriplex polycarpa Tuttle & Baker (1968) Atriplex semibaccata Atriplex sp. Pritchard & Baker (1955)
    Apocynaceae: Asclepias erosa Tuttle & Baker (1968)
    Asteraceae: Artemisia filifolia Artemisia tridentata Tuttle & Baker (1976) Pluchea sericea Tuttle & Baker (1968)
    Convolvulaceae: Cressa truxillensis
    Solanaceae: Solanum elaeagnifolium Tuttle et al. (1974)

    Distribution (1 country, 3 references)


    Nearctic: United States Pritchard & Baker (1955) Tuttle & Baker (1976) Migeon (2015)

    Literature (5 references in chronological order)


    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [description; distribution; host]
    Tuttle & Baker (1968) Spider mites of southwestern United States, a revision of the family Tetranychidae. Tucson, Usa, The University of Arizona Press: 143 p [host; taxononmy]
    Tuttle et al. (1974) Spider mites from northwestern, north central Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 171: 1-18 [host]
    Tuttle & Baker (1976) New records, species of Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae (Acarina) from Utah and Idaho. Great Basin Naturalist, 36: 57-64 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]