Tribolonychus collyerae Zhang & Martin

Beard, Jennifer & Walter, David Evans, 2010, New spider mite genus (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from Australia & New Zealand, with a discussion of Yezonychus Ehara, Zootaxa 2578, pp. 1-24 : 3

Tribolonychus collyerae Zhang & Martin

Remarks. This species is known only from three females collected by E. Collyer from southern beech, Nothofagus sp. ( Nothofagaceae ) in New Zealand. All three specimens are mounted on one slide (ZQZ990826; NZAC). Males and immatures of this species are unknown ( Zhang & Martin 2001). Number of setae on legs I–IV of female (adjusted from Zhang & Martin 2001): tr 1, 1, 1, 1; fe 9, 5, 3, 2; ge 5, 5, 3, 2; ti 8(1+0), 5, 5, 5; ta 15(3+3), 12(2+3), 7(1+0), 7(1+0). Based on illustrations in Zhang & Martin (2001), tibia and tarsus I-II with same chaetotaxy as female N. tereotus (see Table 1 ; Fig. 11 ).

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FIGURE 11. Neonidulus tereotus sp. nov. female legs I – IV, chaetotaxy indicated (I-II right abaxial, III-IV right adaxial aspect). Scale bar = 100 μm.