Obdulia tamaricis Pritchard & Baker, 1958

Ueckermann, Edward A., Palevsky, Eric, Gerson, Uri, Recht, Eitan & Theron, Pieter D., 2018, The Tenuipalpidae (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Israel, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 483-525 : 510

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scientific name	Obdulia tamaricis Pritchard & Baker, 1958
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Obdulia tamaricis Pritchard & Baker, 1958 View in CoL ( Figure 20 View Figure 20 )

Diagnosis (Female) — Body broadly oval, prodorsum smoothly rounded anteriorly, all dorsal setae short, setiform and serrate; dorsum striate ( Fig 20 View Figure 20 ); ventral and genital shields not outlined, 2 pairs of genital, one pair of aggenital ag () and 2 pairs anal setae (ps) present; palp with one segment with 2 setae and one solenidion.

Hosts and localities — From Tamarix maris-mortui Gutm. (Tamaricaceae) , Wadi Fukra, Israel ( Pritchard & Baker, 1958). Smith Meyer & Gerson (1981) reported that it occurred all along the Arava, from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea. It was also reported from Greece (Hatzinikolis, 1987) and Iran ( Khanjani et al., 2013).

Symptoms — Cause twig galls.

References

Khanjani M., Farsan S., Asadi M., Khanjani M. 2013. Checklist of the flat mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) of Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology, 2 (2): 235 - 251.

Pritchard E. A., Baker E. W. 1958. The false spider mites (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae). University of California Publications in Entomology, 14: 175 - 274.

Smith Meyer M. K. P., Gerson U. 1981. Some false spider mites (Prostigmata: Tenuipalpidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology, 15: 67 - 81.