Aplonobia histricina (Berlese, 1910)

Naves, Pedro, Nóbrega, Filomena & Auger, Philippe, 2021, Updated and annotated review of Tetranychidae occurring in mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira Archipelagos, Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 380-393 : 383-384

Aplonobia histricina (Berlese, 1910)

This species was reported on the catalogue of Carmona and Dias (1996), collected in the Algarve, southern Portugal, this being the sole record on the INIAV acarological collection.

Nevertheless, recent samplings by the first author revealed A. histricina to be common in urban and peri-urban areas in Lisbon District, in association with Oxalis pes-caprae ( Table 2). The Portuguese record is the second for Europe, after a previous one from Italy ( Migeon and Dorkeld 2020).