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Fig. 1. Schizotetranychus lechrius adult male holotype - detail of pattern of striae on prodorsum.

Fig. 2. Schizotetranychus lechrius adult male holotype - detail of aedeagus (at different focal points).

Fig. 3. Schizotetranychus lechrius adult male holotype - detail of aedeagus (at different focal points).

Material examined

holotype

Taxonomy

Subfamily Tetranychinae

Tribe Tetranychini

Common Name

none

Distribution

^^NOT PRESENT IN AUSTRALIA

Indonesia, *The Philippines, Taiwan

Taxonomy Changes

none

Diagnosis

Female

• empodia I-IV = basal stalk, divided distally into pair of curved claws
• tarsus I with the sockets of five tactile setae and one solenidion proximal to the socket of the proximal duplex seta
• tarsus II with the sockets of four tactile setae and one solenidion proximal to the socket of the duplex seta
• peritreme ending in short hook 

Male

• empodia I-IV as in female
• peritreme same as female
• prodorsal striae fine, longitudinal, forming a weak U-shape posteriorly (Fig. 1)
• dorsal opisthosomal striae fine, transverse
• tarsus I with the sockets of five tactile setae and three solenidia proximal to socket of the proximal duplex seta
• tarsus II with the sockets of three tactile setae and one solenidion proximal to the sockete of the duplex seta 
• chaetotaxy for legs I-IV:
  • femora 9, 6, 4, 3
  • genua 5, 5, 3/4, 3/4
  • tibiae 13(4+0), 6(1+0), 6, 7
  • tarsi 20(5+3), 15(2+3), 10(1+0), 10(1+0)
• aedeagus dorsally directed, with small triangular knob; small triangular anterior projection; elongate, strongly tapered posterior projection, tapered to a sharp point; dorsal margin of shaft at approx. 20° angle to ventral margin, broadly curving dorsally at obtuse angle forming dorsal projection; ventral margin of shaft straight to weakly convex (Figs 2, 3)

Hosts

Cassia siamea (Fabaceae); Citrus sp. (Rutaceae); *Colocasia esculentum (Araceae); Glycine max, Pterocarpus spp. (Fabaceae)

References

*Rimando, L.C. (1962a) Four new species of spider mites of the genera Eotetranychus and Schizotetranychus (Tetranychidae, Acarina). The Philippine Agriculturist 14(10): 535-544

Notes

^^ of concern to Australia; in southeast Asia on Citrus