Petrobia (Tetranychina) zachvatkini ( Reck & Bagdasarian, 1949 )

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 : 334

Petrobia (Tetranychina) zachvatkini ( Reck & Bagdasarian, 1949)

Specimens examined. 1♀, Artemisia sp., Solenoozerny area, BSBR, 28.06.1991, S. Pogrebnyak; 1♀, Lycium sp., Solenoozerny area, BSBR, 29.06.1991, S. Pogrebnyak; 1PN, Tanacetum sp., Solenoozerny area, BSBR, 0 3.07.1991, S. Pogrebnyak; 1♀, 1DN, Prunus sp., Solenoozerny area, BSBR, 0 5.06.2008, S. Pogrebnyak; 1♀, Salix rosmarinifolia, Solenoozerny area, BSBR, 0 7.06.2008, S. Pogrebnyak.

This species is found on grasses and bushes in dry steppe. Four plant species belonging to four new families are here reported as new hosts: Lycium sp. ( Solanaceae ), Prunus sp. ( Rosaceae ), S. rosmarinifolia (Salicaceae) and Tanacetum sp. ( Asteraceae ).