Tetranychus schoenei McGregor, 1941

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 : 57

Tetranychus schoenei McGregor, 1941

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Type specimens examined, U.S.A.: Approximately 40 of male and female syntypes. Winchester, Virginia, 14.iii.1941, W.J. Schoene, ex Apple Malus domestica (Rosaceae) , Bureau No. 41-6426, USNM 1418. In USNM.

Non-type specimens examined, U.S.A.: 2 females, 2 males, Louisiana, Missouri, 12.viii.1952, D.W. Hamilton, lot 52-12703, bright orange, ex Raspberry Rubus sp. (Rosaceae) . 2 females, Kearneysville, West Virginia, 6.xii.1949, E. Gould, bright orange, ex bark Apple M. domestica . 2 males, College Park, Maryland, 22.vi.1951, F.F. Smith, TC-7535, lot 51-5740, ex Rambler Rose Rosa sp. (Rosaceae) . In USNM.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Tetranychus schoenei McGregor, female. (a) Pretarsus IV, from specimen on type slide; (b) Hourglass-shaped pattern of dorsal striae between setae e and f; (c) Pregenital striae. Male. (d) Pretarsi I and II, from specimens on type slide; (e) Aedeagi from non-type and type specimen.