Obdulia tamaricis Pritchard & Baker, 1958

Ueckermann, Edward A., Palevsky, Eric, Gerson, Uri, Recht, Eitan & Theron, Pieter D., 2018, The Tenuipalpidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Israel, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 483-525 : 510

Obdulia tamaricis Pritchard & Baker, 1958 ( Figure 20 )

Diagnosis (Female) — Body broadly oval, prodorsum smoothly rounded anteriorly, all dorsal setae short, setiform and serrate; dorsum striate ( Fig 20 ); ventral and genital shields not outlined, 2 pairs of genital, one pair of aggenital ag () and 2 pairs anal setae (ps) present; palp with one segment with 2 setae and one solenidion.

Hosts and localities — From Tamarix maris-mortui Gutm. (Tamaricaceae) , Wadi Fukra, Israel ( Pritchard & Baker, 1958). Smith Meyer & Gerson (1981) reported that it occurred all along the Arava, from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea. It was also reported from Greece (Hatzinikolis, 1987) and Iran ( Khanjani et al., 2013).

Symptoms — Cause twig galls.

Figures

Figure 20 Obdulia tamaricisPritchard & Baker: dorsal view of female.