A new Tetranychus Dufour (Acari: Tetranychidae) associated with Solanaceae from Turkey

Authors: SULTAN ÇOBANOĞLU, Edward Albert UECKERMANN, NABİ ALPER KUMRAL

Abstract: A new plant-feeding mite species, Tetranychus solanacearum Çobanoğlu and Ueckermann sp. Nov. (Acari: Tetranychidae), is described and illustrated. The samples were collected from various solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) [black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), spiny nightshade (Solanum rostratum Dunal), jimsonweed or datura (Datura stramonium L.), and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)] in Ankara Province, Turkey. A key to all species of the genus Tetranychus Dufour known to occur in Turkey is presented in the paper.

Keywords: Acari, Tetranychidae, sp. nov., Tetranychus solanacearum, tomato, Ankara

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