Tetranychus marianae McGregor 1950
Creators: name: SEEMAN, OWEN D.
name: BEARD, JENNIFER J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Tetranychidae
Tetranychus
Tetranychus marianae

description: <i>Tetranychus marianae</i> McGregor, 1950 <b>(Fig. 23)</b> <b>Type specimens examined, Micronesia:</b> Lectotype male, Mt Lasso, Tinian Island, 12.vi.1946, H. Townes, ex <i>Passiflora foetida</i> (Passifloraceae), USNM 1722. Paralectotypes, 5 females, 5 males, same data as lectotype. All specimens are from the type series of McGregor (1950), but he did not designate a holotype specimen. We have therefore designated lectotypes here as per the unpublished thesis of Quirós-Gonzáles (1981). <b>Non-type specimens examined, Central America:</b> 1 male, La Calera, Manaqua, Nicaragua, 8.iv.1959, ex squash, E.W. Baker, slide has several other species on it. 3 females, 1 male, Lima, Honduras, 30.x.1958, J.G. Matthysse, ex <i>Thunbergia alata</i> (Acanthaceae). 1 male, Hanacal, San Pedro, Honduras, 7.ii.1959, ex <i>Abutilon permalle</i> (Malvaceae), J.G. Matthysse. All in USNM. <b>Australia: Northern Territory:</b> 1 female, 3 males, Nakara, 26.x.2007, L. Zhang, ex leaves <i>Acalypha</i> (Euphorbiaceae), M310. In QM. <b>Queensland</b>: 6 females, 8 males, Tully, 6.xi.1968, L.R. Payton, ex Banana fruit <i>Musa</i> sp. (Musaceae) (N3172). 3 females, 1 male, Biboohra, v.1972, G.D. Adams, ex <i>Dolichos lablab</i> (Fabaceae) (M831[12931]). All in QDPI. 8 females, 1 male, Bamaga, N. 15.x.1982, J. Turner, ex wild Passionfruit <i>Passiflora</i> sp. (CY55). In QDPI, Cairns. 1 female, 2 males, New Mapoon, Family Res. Centre, 10°52.035’S 142°23.074’E, 23.v.2007, A.D. Rice, ex <i>Abelmoschus manihot</i> (Malvaceae), SAC019. In QM. <b>Torres Strait:</b> 1 male, Stephen Is., 21.iii.1984, J. Turner, no host recorded (TS391). 2 females, 1 male, Saibai Is., 9º22.554'S 142º37.4954'E, 3.iii.2009, A. Rice, ex leaves <i>A. manihot</i>. In QDPI, Cairns. <b>Papua New Guinea:</b> 3 females, 2 males, Popondetta, 12.ix.1966, F.A.E., ex <i>Dolichos lablab</i> (N2510). In QDPI. 4 females, 3 males, Popondetta, 12.ix.1966, ex <i>Dolichos lablab</i> (ASCT 00018564, 18566, 18569, 18570, 18590). 2 females, same data except ex <i>Glycine javanica</i> (Fabaceae) (ASCT 00018575, 18578). 4 females, same data except 6.x.1966, ex French bean (Fabaceae) (ASCT 00018579, 18581). All in ASCT. <b>Comparative specimens</b> (aff. <i>T. marianae</i> <b>):</b> 1 female, 1 male, Goyave, Guadeloupe, Caribbean Sea, 28.iv.1998, J. Etienne, ex <i>Passiflora edulis</i> (Passifloraceae), det. C.H.W. Flechtmann. (ESALQ Zool. No. 2488). 1 female, 1 male, Caacupé, Paraguay, Y. Kimura and S. Ehara, 20.xii.1999, ex <i>Lycopersicon esculentum</i> (Solanaceae), det. C.H.W. Flechtmann, ESALQ Zool. No. 2559 (two slides). All in ZCESA.
description: Published as part of <i>SEEMAN, OWEN D. &amp; BEARD, JENNIFER J., 2011, Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 2961 (1)</i> on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2961.1.1
description: {"references": ["McGregor, E. A. (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44, 257 - 420."]}