Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1875

Halawa, Alaa M. & Fawzy, Magdy M., 2014, A new species of Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and key to the Egyptian species, Zootaxa 3755 (1), pp. 87-95 : 90

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6138138
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scientific name	Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1875
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Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1875:144 ; Pritchard and Baker 1958: 231; Meyer and Ryke 1959:319. Brevipalpus preger Donnadieu, 1875: 117 .

Brevipalpus amicus Chaudhri, 1972: 65

Brevipalpus origanum Baker, Tuttle and Abbatiello, 1975: 18 . Brevipalpus assamensis Sadana and Gupta, 1983: 1 .

Tenuipalpus inornatus Banks, 1912: 97 .

Tenuipalpus bioculatus McGregor, 1914: 354 .

Tenuipalpus pseudocuneatus Blanchard, 1940: 11 .

Material examined: 3 females ex Pyrus communis L ( Rosaceae ), 2 females ex Plumeria acutifolia Poir (Apocynaceae) , EGYPT: Menufia province, El-Bagour district, 30◦28'30" N, 30◦58'30" E, 12 September 2011, coll. A.M.Halawa; 2 females ex Citrus aurantium L ( Rutaceae ), EGYPT: Qalubia, Toukh district, 3 ◦ 21'18"N, 31 ◦ 13'30"E, 20 July 2011, coll. A.M.Halawa.

Remark. This species was re-described in Egypt by Attiah (1956) and Zaher (1984), and has been on Pyrus communis L., Citrus aurantium L; Pelargonium zonalle Ait , Clerodendrum sp, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Gerbera jamesonii Bolus , Mentha sp. and Rosa sp.