Review on the Genus Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), with Description of a New Species

Xiaojuan Pan; Ronald Ochoa; Daochao Jin; Tianci Yi

doi:10.3390/insects13121176

Review on the Genus Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), with Description of a New Species

Insects. 2022 Dec 19;13(12):1176. doi: 10.3390/insects13121176.

Authors

Xiaojuan Pan^{1

2

3}, Ronald Ochoa⁴, Daochao Jin^{1

2

3}, Tianci Yi^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
² The Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang 550025, China.
³ The Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture P. R. China, Guiyang 550025, China.
⁴ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.

Abstract

Only two species of the genus Stylophoronychus, S. baghensis (Prasad, 1975) and S. guangzhouensis (Ma and Yuan, 1980), have been recorded in China. Herein we describe a new species Stylophoronychus wangaePan, Jin & Yi sp. nov. based on characteristics of the deutonymphs and adults. The synonym of S. guangzhouensis (Ma and Yuan, 1980) and S. lalli (Prasad, 1975) with S. vannus (Rimando, 1968) is proposed. A redescription of S. vannus (Rimando, 1968) based on the adults of both sexes, deutonymphs and a protonymph is given. The ontogenetic changes of leg chaetotaxy in two species are given and discussed. The updated key to the species of Stylophoronychus of the world is provided.

Keywords: Bambusa spp.; Stylophoronychus; new species; ontogenetic development; spider mites; synonym.

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