New species, new records, and re-descriptions of two species of the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Saudi Arabia

Hafiz Muhammad Saqib Mushtaq; Muhammad Kamran; Fahad Jaber Alatawi

doi:10.11158/saa.27.12.9

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9 December 2022 New species, new records, and re-descriptions of two species of the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Saudi Arabia

Hafiz Muhammad Saqib Mushtaq, Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jaber Alatawi

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 27(12):2568-2582 (2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.12.9

Abstract

Spider mite fauna of the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) was comprehensively explored from natural and cultivated vegetation in Saudi Arabia (SA), during the years 2018 to 2020. One new species, Oligonychus washingtoniae sp. nov., and three new records, O. coniferarum (McGregor, 1950), O. dactyloni Smiley & Baker, 1995, and O. tylus Baker & Pritchard, 1960, are reported for the first time from SA. The new species, O. washingtoniae sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Washingtonia filifera (Lindl.) H.Wendl. (Arecaceae). The species O. dactyloni, and O. tylus are re-described, which were briefly described previously.

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Hafiz Muhammad Saqib Mushtaq, Muhammad Kamran, and Fahad Jaber Alatawi "New species, new records, and re-descriptions of two species of the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Saudi Arabia," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(12), 2568-2582, (9 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.12.9

Received: 23 June 2022; Accepted: 27 August 2022; Published: 9 December 2022

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