A new Tetranychus Dufour (Acari: Tetranychidae) associated with Solanaceae from Turkey

Authors

SULTAN ÇOBANOĞLU
Edward Albert UECKERMANN
NABİ ALPER KUMRAL

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1406-17

Abstract

A new plant-feeding mite species, Tetranychus solanacearum Çobanoğlu and Ueckermann sp. Nov. (Acari: Tetranychidae), is described and illustrated. The samples were collected from various solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) [black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), spiny nightshade (Solanum rostratum Dunal), jimsonweed or datura (Datura stramonium L.), and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)] in Ankara Province, Turkey. A key to all species of the genus Tetranychus Dufour known to occur in Turkey is presented in the paper.

Keywords

Acari, Tetranychidae, sp. nov., Tetranychus solanacearum, tomato, Ankara

First Page

565

Last Page

570

Recommended Citation

ÇOBANOĞLU, SULTAN; UECKERMANN, Edward Albert; and KUMRAL, NABİ ALPER (2015) "A new Tetranychus Dufour (Acari: Tetranychidae) associated with Solanaceae from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 39: No. 4, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1406-17
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol39/iss4/4