A new data on spider mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) inhabiting ornamental plants on the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Region, Russia
Journal: Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
Year: 2020

The spider mites of ornamental plants on the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Region, Russia were examined. The collected material is deposited in the collection of All-Russian Plant Quarantine Centre (Bykovo, Moscow Region, Russia). Oligonychus hondoensis (Ehara, 1954) is recorded for the fauna of Russia for the first time. The locality of this species in Sochi is the westernmost in Eurasia to the present time. Oligonychus hondoensis is an invasive species for the acari fauna in the mentioned regio