Neonidulus falsicornus (Zhang & Martin) Zhang & Martin, 2010

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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197527
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5670054
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6243878E-FFBA-A360-FF24-FE621F0AFC19
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neonidulus falsicornus (Zhang & Martin)
status	comb. nov.

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Neonidulus falsicornus (Zhang & Martin) comb. nov.

( Figs 3–6 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 )

Schizotetranychus cornus: Manson, 1967: 834 (in part; misidentification) ( Zhang & Martin 2001) Yezonychus falsicornus Zhang & Martin, 2001: 312

Material examined. New Zealand. Ψ, ɗ, deutonymph, protonymph, larva, Banks Peninsula, ex. Rubus cissoides (Rosaceae) , 22.i.2002, N.A. Martin (all on same slide); deutonymph, ex. leaves of R. cissoides in silken shelters, Tapotupotu Bay, 25.ii.2002, R.C. Henderson (five deutonymphs on one slide); larva, same data (deutonymph, larva, egg on same slide). All material deposited in NZAC.

Remarks. Adult female with insertion of dorsal posterior opisthosomal setae h2 anterior to insertion of setae h1 ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ). Immature stages with insertion of h2 approximately level with that of h1 ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 , 6 View FIGURE 6 ). These mites live on the underside of the leaves of their host plant, Rubus cissoides (Rosaceae) , and spin a canopy of dense webbing over depressions in the leaf surface (e.g. dimples made by scale insects), or from prominent leaf veins ( Manson 1967; Zhang & Martin 2001). Live mites are similar in appearance to N. cornus ( Zhang & Martin 2001) .