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Distribution
Taxonomy Changes
Diagnosis
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Biology
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Fig. 1.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of pregenital striae; n.b. details are faint - arrow indicates region of possible broken striae).

Fig. 2.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of pregenital striae; n.b. specimen has spoiled - arrows indicate regions of possible broken striae).

Fig. 3.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of perireme (arrow indicates tip).

Fig. 4.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between setae e1 and f1 (n.b. specimen has spoiled and details are faint).

Fig. 5.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between setae e1 and f1 (n.b. specimen details are faint).

Fig. 6.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between setae e1 and f1 (n.b. specimen details are faint).

Fig. 7.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between setae e1 and f1 (n.b. specimen has spoiled and details are faint).

Fig. 8.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult female paratype - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between setae f1 and f2 (n.b. specimen details are faint).

Fig. 9.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of empodium II.

Fig. 10.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of empodia III and IV.

Fig. 11.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of peritreme (arrow indicates tip).

Fig. 12.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of pattern of striae on prodorsum.

Fig. 13.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of pattern of striae on posterior opisthosoma.

Fig. 14.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of aedeagus (at different focal points).

Fig. 15.  Tetranychus lombardinii adult male paratype - detail of aedeagus (at different focal points - arrow indicates the tip which is only in focus in c.).

Fig. 2. T. lombardinii - adult female (non-type), tarsus I

Tetranychus lombardinii Baker & Pritchard 1960

Material examined

paratypes

Taxonomy

Subfamily Tetranychinae

Tribe Tetranychini

Common Name

Crimson spider mite

Distribution

+Australia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zaire, Zambia, *Zimbabwe

Taxonomy Changes

None

Diagnosis

Female

Male

Hosts

> 100 recorded species of host plant, including: Abutilon ramosum  (Malvaceae), Acalypha indica, A. segetalis (Euphorbiaceae), Amaranthus hybridus (Amaranthaceae), Atriplex muelleri, A. suberecta (Chenopodiaceae), Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae), Bidens biternata, B. pilosa (Asteraceae), Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae), Carica papaya (Caricaceae), Corchorus olitorius, C. tridens (Tiliaceae), Crotalaria juncea (Fabaceae), Cucumis metuliferus, Cucurbita maxima (Cucurbitaceae), Ficus burkeiF. carica (Moraceae), Flagellaria guineensis, F. indica (Flagellariaceae), Gerbera jamesonii (Asteraceae), Glycine max (Fabaceae), *Gossypium herbaceum (Malvaceae), Ipomoea coscinosperma, I. purpurea (Convolvulaceae), Lablab purpureus (Fabaceae), Lactua sativa (Asteraceae), Malva parviflora (Malvaceae), Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae), Medicago sativa (Fabaceae), Morus alba (Moraceae), Musa spp. (Musaceae), Nicotiana glauca (Solanaceae), Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae), Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae), Rhigozum brevispinosum, R. obovatum, R. trichotomum (Bignoniaceae), Ricinis communis (Euphorbiaceae), Sida cordifolia (Malvaceae), Solanum hermannii, S. incanum, S. panduraeforme, S. retroflexum, S. rigescens, S. tuberosum (Solanaceae), Sorghum caffrorum (Poaceae), Vigna sp. (Fabaceae), Wahlenbergia undulata (Campanulaceae)

Biology

This species has been recorded to damage several crops, especially cotton, but the actual economic impact has never been studied (Jeppson et al. 1975).  As it has only been recorded once in Australia (see Notes), its impact here may be minimal.

References

*Baker, E.W. and Pritchard, A.E. (1960)  The tetranychoid mites of Africa.  Hilgardia 29: 455-574

Gutierrez, J. (1992)  Les acariens depredateurs du cotonnier.  Coton Fib. Trop. 47: 153-172

+Gutierrez, J. and Schicha, E. (1983)  The spider mite family Tetranychidae (Acari) in New South Wales.  International Journal of Acarology 9: 99-116

Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H. and Baker, E.W. (1975) Mites injurious to Economic Plants.  Berkely: University of Californai Press

Migeon, A. and Dorkeld, F. (2006-2017) Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb

Notes

The paratype specimens examined were in poor condition, hence the details in the images are difficult to discern; and the male aedeagus was not flat.

This species has only been recorded once from Australia from Passiflora sp. in Sydney New South Wales (Gutierrez & Schica 1983).  The voucher specimens have not been examined.