Flat Mites of the World

Authority

Donnadieu

Synonyms

Brevipalpus amicus Chaudhri 1972:65 (Pakistan)

Brevipalpus assamensis Sadana & Gupta 1983:1 (India)

Brevipalpus origanum Baker, Tuttle & Abbatiello 1975:18 (Mexico)

Brevipalpus pereger Donnadieu 1875:117 (France)

Tenuipalpus bioculatus McGregor 1914:354 (USA - SC)

Tenuipalpus inornatus Banks 1912:97 (USA - CA)

Tenuipalpus pseudocuneatus Blanchard 1940:11 (Argentina)

Suspected synonyms

B. quianniunis Ma & Yuan

B. tinsukiaensis Sadana & Gupta

Species group characters

B. obovatus species group (sensu Baker & Tuttle 1987) = f2 absent; tarsus II with 1 solenidion; dorsal central setae (c1, d1, e1) different shape to dorsal lateral setae (c3, d3, e3); palp 4-segmented with 3 distal setae

Characters

• opisthosomal setae f2 absent (= 6 setae around opisthosomal margin) (Figs. 1, 7, 8)
• tarsus II with 1 solenidion distally (antiaxial)
• prodorsum mostly smooth centrally, or with weak wrinkles (Figs. 2-5); strongly reticulate laterally, with large cells posteriorly and small cells anteriorly (Figs. 2-5)
• dorsal opisthosoma cuticle between c1-c1 and e1-e1 weakly reticulate to weakly wrinkled (Figs. 6, 7); cuticle between and posterior to e1-e1 with a series of short, transverse folds (Figs. 6-11); posterior sublateral cuticle with cells present to the body margin (Figs. 7-10)
• ventral plate with small rounded cells (Figs. 12-14), often central cells fusing to form weak transverse bands (Figs. 13, 14)
• genital plate with medium to large rounded cells (Figs. 12, 13, 14), sometimes transversely aligned
• spermatheca with a long duct, beginning at genital opening between anal plates and genital plate, ending in a small rounded vesicle covered in short finger-like projections, around the entire perimeter (Figs. 15, 16, 17); usually quite visible, often located near coxae IV
• palp femur seta varies from a broad flat seta with few barbs (Fig. 18), to a thin, tapered, weakly barbed seta (Figs. 19, 20)
• palp tarsus with 3 setae
• trochanter III with 2 setae
• deutonymph with setae c3, d3, e3 shorter than f3, h1-2 (Fig. 21) (B. chilensis deutonymph with setae c3, d3, e3 as long as f3, h1-2

Distribution based on confirmed specimens

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, France*, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guniea, Thailand, The Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, USA (CA, MO, NY, SC, TN), Venezuela

* - holotype

Hosts based on confirmed specimens

Adoxaceae (Vibernum sp.; formerly Caprifoliaceae); Aracaeae (Alocasia sp., Colocasia sp.); Araliaceae (Hedera sp.); Arecaceae (Phoenix roebelenii); Asteraceae (Chamaemelum sp., Chrysanthemum sp., Gerbera sp., Solidago sp.); Berberidaceae (Epimedium acuminata); Bignoniaceae (Bignonia sp.); Buxaceae (Buxus sp.); Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbita sp.); Ebenaceae (Diospyros sp.); Ericaceae (Rhododendron sp.); Euphorbiaceae (Andrachne sp.); Lamiaceae (Mentha arvensis, Origanum sp., Thymus sp. ); Lecythidaceae (Barringtonia racemosa); Liliaceae (tulip bulbs); Malvaceae (Gossypium herbaceum, Hibiscus sp.); Moraceae (fig Ficus sp.); Myrtaceae (Callistemon sp., Kunzea baxteri); Oleaceae (Ligustrum sp., Ligustrum amurense); Phytolaccaceae* (Phytolacca sp.); Pittosporaceae (Pittosporum undulatum); Rosaceae (Eriobotrya japonica, Rubus sp. ); Rutaceae (Citrus sp., C. limon); Solanaceae (Solanum esculentum, S. tuberosum); Theaceae (Camellia sinensis); Verbenaceae (Citharexylum quadrangulare, Verbena bonariensis); Vitaceae (Vitis vinifera)

* - holotype

Remarks

References

Baker (1949); Baker, Tuttle & Abbatiello (1975); Banks (1912); *Donnadieu (1875); McGregor (1914); Sadana & Gupta (1983)

* - original description