Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus

Accepted name

Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958. Wainstein (1958): 455.

Original description

Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958. Wainstein (1958): 455.

Type host: Eryngium sp.. Type distribution: Kazakhstan.

Summary

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

         Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958. Valid nomenclatural act Wainstein (1958): 455. Type host: Eryngium sp.. Type distribution: Kazakhstan.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Wainstein (1958)

    Hosts (6 plants, 3 references)


    Apiaceae: Eryngium sp. Wainstein (1958)
    Asteraceae: Artemisia sp. Centaurea sp. Zhovnerchuk & Auger (2019)
    Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus sp.
    Malvaceae: Gossypium sp.
    Poaceae: Bromus sp.

    Distribution (4 countries, 5 references)


    Palearctic: Kazakhstan Wainstein (1958) Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Kyrgyzstan Strunkova (1988) Tajikistan Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Ukraine Akimov (1964) Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Zhovnerchuk & Auger (2019)

    Literature (5 references in chronological order)


    Wainstein (1958) A Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna, the taxonomy of spider mites (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 37(2): 455-459 [description; distribution; host]
    Akimov (1964) Analysis of the fauna of harmful Tetranychidae (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea) of the steppe zone of the Ukraine. Akademia Nauk Ukrainian S.S.R. Reports, (2): 271-274 [distribution]
    Mitrofanov et al. (1987) Keys to the tetranychid mites (Tetranychidae, Bryobiidae) fauna of the USSR, adjacent countries. Institute of Zoology and Parasitology E.N. Pavlosky, Tajik SSR, Doma, Dushanbe: 224 pp [distribution]
    Strunkova (1988) On the tetranychid fauna of Kirgizia. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR (Biol.), 4: 32-37 [distribution]
    Zhovnerchuk & Auger (2019) Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine): faunistic survey and reinstatement of the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960, description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4559: 321-338 [distribution; host]