Stigmaeopsis malkovskii Wainstein, 1956

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

Stigmaeopsis malkovskii Wainstein, 1956

Specimens examined. 1♀, Petasites sp., Volyzhyn forest , BSBR, 0 7.10.1991, L. Kolodochka ; 1♀, Scorzonera sp., Ivano-Rybalchansky area , BSBR (46°27'N, 31°10'E), 10.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk ; 2♀♀, Calamagrostis sp., Solenoozerny area , BSBR (46°27'N, 31°59'E), 15.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk ; 2♀♀, Tanacetum sp., Solenoozerny area , BSBR (46°27'N, 31°59'E), 15.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk .

This mite species was previously found on Calamagrostis sp. in Kazakhstan only. In Ukraine S. malkovskii was recorded by I. Akimov on Bolboschoenus sp. in the river basin of Luhansk region (personal communication). In BSBR, S. malkovskii specimens are recorded in all the investigated areas. In each of them this species is found on a different host belonging to the family Asteraceae .