Tetranychus turkestani ( Ugarov & Nikolskii 1937 )

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 : 60

Tetranychus turkestani ( Ugarov & Nikolskii 1937)

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Non-type specimens examined, South Africa: 1 female, 1 male, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, 19.x.1979, B.J.v.Straaten, ex Lucerne, Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) , det. M.K.P. Meyer (AcY: 79/426; X79/92). Donated to QM from PPRI.

Non-type specimens examined, U.S.A.: 1 male, Bard, California, 29.viii.1967, R. Flock, ex Medicago sativa , det. D.M. Tuttle. 1 female, Columbus, Ohio, 7.vii.1965, D.M. Tuttle, ex Canadian Violet Viola canadensis (Violaceae) , det. D.M. Tuttle. Both identified as Tetranychus atlanticus (recognised synonym of T. turkestani ). All in QDPI.

Iran: 2 females, 1 male, Mashhad, 22.vii.2009, ex Elm Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae) . 4 females, 2 males, Mashhad, 17.vii.2007, ex Maple Acer sp. (Hippocastanoideae) .