Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst, 1924

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 : 31

Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst, 1924

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Type specimens examined, Fiji: Holotype male, Ovalau, 30.v.1924, H.W. Simmonds, ex coconut Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae) . Paratype female, same data as holotype. In BMNH.

Non-type specimens examined, Australia: 3 females, 1 male, Flametree Nursery , River Farm Rd, N of Kununurra, 15º 43' S, 128º 41'E, 19.viii.2010, L. Halling, ex Hooker’s Sugar Palm Arenga hookeriana (Arecaceae) .

Maldive Islands: 2 females, 1 male, 1990, E. Hassan, no host or determination. In QDPI .

Figures

FIGURE 15. Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst, female, paratype. (a) Pretarsus I; (b) Peritreme; (c) Pregenital striae. Male, holotype. (d) Aedeagus, in sheath. Male and Female: (e) Pretarsi.