Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) SEEMAN, OWEN D. BEARD, JENNIFER J. Zootaxa 2011 2011-07-08 2961 1 1 72 55QMK (McGregor, 1950) McGregor 1950 [151,665,1406,1432] Arachnida Tetranychidae Tetranychus Animalia Trombidiformes 48 49 Arthropoda species mexicanus   ( Fig. 25)  Type specimens examined,   U.S.A.: Lectotypemale, Laredo, Texas,  5.vi.1945, S.H. Coleman, ex Orange rind Citrussp. ( Rutaceae) Type/1735. Here designated formally as a lectotype. This specimen was informally designated as the lectotypein the Master of Science Thesisby Magally Quirós-González (1981), and hence the label reads “ Lectotypedesignated by M. Quirosand E.W. Baker, 1981”. A further 14 slides ( 7 female, 3 male, 5 nymphs) with the same collection data are designated as paralectoypes. Similarly, these were informally designated by Quirós- González (1981).  Non-type specimens examined, Brazil: 2 females, Caraguatatuba SP, 23.iv.1967, C.H.W. Flechtmann, ex  Theobroma(Sterculiaceae), det. C.H.W. Flechtmann, #267. 1 male, Piracicaba SP, 7.v.1967, C.H.W. Flechtmann, ex  Morus nigra(Moraceae), det. C.H.W. Flechtmann, #184.  Caribbean Sea: 1 male, Saint Bathelémy, 2.iv.1998, S. Kreiter, ex  Roystonea regia(Arecaceae), female red, det. C.H.W. Flechtmann, ESALQ Zool. No. 2444. All in ZCESA. 1945-06-05 S. H. Coleman & M. Quiros & E. W. Baker United States of America Master of Science Thesis Laredo 48 49 10 7 3 Texas lectotype