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Taxonomy
Distribution
Taxonomy Changes
Diagnosis
Hosts
Similar Taxa
Biology
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Notes
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Fig. 1. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult female - dorsal habitus.

Fig. 2. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult female - detail of peritreme (arrow indicates tip).

Fig. 3. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult female - detail of pregenital striae and striae on genital flap.

Fig. 4. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult female - detail of tarsus I, indicating number of proximal setae.

Fig. 5. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult male - detail of peritreme.

Fig. 6. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult male - detail of tarsus I, indicating number of proximal setae.

Fig. 7. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult male, detail of aedeagus - a. holotype (in dorsal aspect); b. paratype (in dorsal aspect); c.-f. non type material, c. in dorsal aspect, d.-f. in lateral asepct (with and without associated structures illustrated).

Fig. 8. Eotetranychus queenslandicus adult male - detail of aedeagus (upper: dorsal aspect; lower: lateral aspect).

Eotetranychus queenslandicus Manson 1967

Material examined

types; non-types

Taxonomy

Subfamily Tetranychinae

Tribe Tetranychini

Distribution

*Australia

Taxonomy Changes

None

Diagnosis

Female

Male as per female plus:

Hosts

*Codiaeum spp., Codiaeum variegatum (Euphorbiaceae), Persea americanum (Lauraceae), Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae).

Similar Taxa

See Eotetranychus sexmaculatus fact sheet for further information.

The aedeagus of E. queenslandicus closely resembles some of the illustrations of the aedeagus of E. sexmaculatus, but does not resemble others.  The identity of E. sexmaculatus needs further detailed scrutiny before any conclusions can be made.  Eotetranychus queenslandicus also resembles E. asiaticus Ehara, a former synonym of E. sexmaculatus.  See Seeman et al. (2017) for further information. 

According to Manson (1967), Eotetranychus queenslandicus closely resembles E. pamelae Manson but is distinguished by the more elongate aedeagus of the former.  Additionally, the spinneret of the male E. queenslandicus is more blunt than that of E. pamelae which is sharply tapered (Manson 1967).

Biology

 

References

*Manson, D.C.M. (1967)  Mites of the families Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae intercepted entering New Zealand from overseas.  New Zealand Journal of Science 10: 664-674

Seeman, O.D., Beard, J.J., and Zhang, L. (2017) A new Australian species of Eotetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) from buck spinifex Triodia mitchelli (Poaceae), intraspecific variation in Eotetranychus, and the synonymy of Platytetranychus with Eotetranychus.  Zootaxa 4324(3): 491-517

Notes

This species was found in quarantine in New Zealand on the underside of leaves of croton, Codiaeum sp. (Euphorbiaceae) imported from Queensland.