Tetranychidae, Donnadieu, 1876

SEEMAN, OWEN D. & BEARD, JENNIFER J., 2011, Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), Zootaxa 2961 (1), pp. 1-72 : 12

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scientific name	Tetranychidae
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Distinguishing the Tetranychidae View in CoL View at ENA from other mites

The Tetranychidae View in CoL belongs to the superfamily Tetranychoidea View in CoL , a group distinguished by the morphology of the mouthparts. The movable digit of the chelicerae has been highly modified to form an elongate stylet for piercing plant tissue ( Reck 1952; Baker & Pritchard 1953; Krantz 1978; Walter et al. 2009). These recurved J-shaped chelicerae distinguish tetranychoids from all other mites. Their bases also form a deeply retractable stylophore, present only in the Tetranychoidea View in CoL and some Raphignathoidea ( Walter et al. 2009). The Tetranychidae View in CoL can be distinguished from other tetranychoid families by the combination of a palp thumb-claw structure, lateral prodorsal eyes and the absence of long filamentous setae on the posterior of the mite ( Donnadieu 1876; Baker & Pritchard 1953; Pritchard & Baker 1955).

References

Baker, E. W. & Pritchard, A. E. (1953) A guide to the spider mites of cotton. Hilgardia, 22, 203 - 234.

Donnadieu, A. L. (1876) Recherches pour servir a l'histoire des Tetranyques. Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 22, 29 - 136.

Krantz, G. W. (1978) A Manual of Acarology. Oregon State University Press: Corvallis. 509 pp.

Pritchard, A. E. & Baker, E. W. (1955) A Revision of the Spider Mite Family Tetranychidae. Pacific Coast Entomological Society, San Francisco, 472 pp.

Reck, G. F. (1952) O nekotorikh osnovakh klassifikatsii tetranikovikh kleshchei. Soobsbcheniia Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR, 13, 420 - 425. [In Russian]

Walter, D. E., Lindquist, E. E., Smith, I. M., Cook, D. R. & Krantz, G. W. (2009) Trombidiformes. In: Krantz, G. W. & Walter, D. E (Eds), A Manual of Acarology Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Texas, pp. 233 - 420.