Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, 1960

SEEMAN, OWEN D. & BEARD, JENNIFER J., 2011, Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), Zootaxa 2961 (1), pp. 1-72 : 29

Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, 1960

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Non-type specimens examined, South Africa: 1 female, 1 male, Grobblersdal (G. Minnaar), 12.ii.1987, M. Greeff, ex Nicotiona tabacum ( Solanaceae ), det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY: 87/90; X87/66; two slides). 1 male, Watervaal Witr., ii.1987, T. Potgieter, ex Natura ferox (Solanaceae) , det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY: 87/62; X87/36). 1 female, Watervaal Witr., 4.ii.1987, T. Potgieter, ex Acanthaspermum hispidum (Asteraceae) , det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY: 87/ 63; X87/37); 1 female, 1 male, Potchefstroom, 3.x.1987, S. Neser, ex Solanum elaeanifolium (Solanaceae) , det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY 89/197; X89/47; two slides). 1 female, Friedenheim, ii.1987, J. du Plessis, ex Nicandra physaloides (Solanaceae) , det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY: 87/69; X87/33). Donated to QM from PPRI.

Brazil: 1 female, 1 male, Itaporanga SP, iv.984, C.H.W. Flechtmann, ex Potato Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) , #1689 . 3 females, 1 male, Itabaiana, SE, 7.iv.1995, D.L.Q. Santana, ex Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae) , ESALQ Zool. No. 2094. All in ZCESA .

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FIGURE 14. Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, female. (a) Tarsus I; (b) Pretarsi II and IV; (c) Diamond-shaped pattern of dorsal striae between setae e and f; (d) Pregenital striae. Male. (e) Pretarsi I, II and III-IV; (f) Pretarsi II, III, showing empodial spurs; (g) Aedeagus of two specimens at different focal points (1,2); (h) Aedeagus.