Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958a

Zhovnerchuk, Olga & Auger, Philippe, 2019, Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine): faunistic survey, reinstatement of the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960 and description of a new species, Zootaxa 4559 (2), pp. 321-338 : 335-336

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5921308
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scientific name	Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958a
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Specimens examined. 1♀, 1♂, Senecio sp., Solenoozerny area , BSBR, 0 7.06.1992, L. Bondarenko ; 11♀♀, 3♂♂, 7DN, 1PN, 1L, Centaurea sp., Solenoozerny area , BSBR (46°27'N, 31°59'E), 15.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk GoogleMaps .

Tetranychus similis was previously recorded in the steppe zone of Ukraine and was able to inhabit various herbaceous plants ( Akimov, 1965). Senecio sp. is a new recorded host plant for T. similis .

References

Akimov, I. A. (1965) Tetranychoid Mites of Steppe Zone of Ukraine. PhD thesis (Biological Sciences, 0 3.00. 0 8. Zoology). Kiev, 18 pp. [in Russian]

Wainstein, B. A. (1958 a) A contribution to the knowledge of the fauna and the taxonomy of spider mites (Acariformes, Tetranychoidea). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 37, 455 - 459.