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

Authors

SULTAN ÇOBANOĞLU
Edward Albert UECKERMANN
NABİ ALPER KUMRAL

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.

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1406-17

Keywords

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

First Page

565

Last Page

570

Recommended Citation

ÇOBANOĞLU, S, UECKERMANN, E. A, & KUMRAL, N. A (2015). A new Tetranychus Dufour (Acari: Tetranychidae) associated with Solanaceae from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (4): 565-570. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1406-17