Sonotetranychus daleae (Tuttle and Baker)

Khan, Eid Muhammad, Kamran, Muhammad & Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, 2019, A new species and new records of Tetranychidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) from Saudi Arabia, with a key to world species of Mixonychus Ryke and Meyer, Acarologia 59 (4), pp. 492-506 : 500-501

Sonotetranychus daleae (Tuttle and Baker)

Anatetranychus daleae Tuttle and Baker, 1968: 110 .

Sonotetranychus daleae (Tuttle and Baker) , Tuttle, Baker and Abbatiello, 1976: 70.

Material examined — Two females, Vachellia nilotica, Taif , 21°30.112’N, 040°29.118’E, elevation 1483 m, 11 September 2017, coll. E. M. Khan and M. U. Rehman; two females, Vachellia nilotica, Taif , 21°20.474ʹN, 040°19.325’E, elevation 1838 m, 11 September 2017,

coll. E. M. Khan and M. U. Rehman; five females, Vachellia nilotica, Taif , 21°14.372ʹN, 040°31.135’E, elevation 1618 m, 13 September 2017, coll. E. M. Khan and M. U. Rehman.

Nine females (KSMA-ARL-19/20-29) have been deposited at King Saud University Museum

of Arthropods ( KSMA, Acarology section), Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Distribution — Mexico, Pakistan, Taiwan and United States of America (Migeon and Dorkeld, 2006−2018).

Known hosts — Dalea formosa (Fabaceae) (the type host, native to southwestern USA and Mexico), Psorothamnus emoryi (Fabaceae) (native to southern USA and Mexico) and Vachellia nilotica (Mimosaceae) (Migeon and Dorkeld, 2006−2018).