NEW GROUP WITH A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS EOTETRANYCHUS OUDEMANS (ACARI : TETRANYCHIDAE) | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 11, Volume 87, Issue 2, June 2009, Pages 473-479 PDF (555.33 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2009.193535 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SOHIER I. ABDEL-RAHMAN; ABLAH A. IBRAHIM; GAMAL A. IBRAHIM | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Currently preminent slides of the tetranychid mite collected from mandarin orange Citrus mandurensis Lour at Wady El Mollak village El-Sharkia Governorate were prepared. Microscopical examination pointed out that mite belongs to the genus Eotetranychus Oudemons , tribe Tetranychini , subfamily Tetranychinae of the family Tetranychidae. Herein the mite was drawn and identified. According to the terminology of this genus, the mite has the caudal pair of para-anals (the post anal setae) present together with having the empodium consisting of three pairs of hairs, the peritreme is strong hocked distally . The dorsal striae of the female as well as male transverse between the third pair of dorsocentral hysterosomsals and the sacrals . The dorsal setae are exceeding the distance between their bases . Genital flap with transverse striae anterior the genital opening. Revision of the literature , it was clear that the mite morphological of the mite characters seemed to be new to the science and belonging to a new group of the genus Eotetranychus Oudemans . | ||
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