Brevipalpus californicus

Banks, 1904

Brevipalpus browningi Baker, 1949: 382 . Brevipalpus confusus Baker, 1949: 380 . Brevipalpus woglumi Mc- Gregor, 1949: 19. Tenuipalpus vitis Womersley, 1940: 241 . Tenuipalpus australis Tucker, 1926: 3 . Tenuipalpus californicus Banks, 1904: 55 .

Distribution — Algeria, Angola, Australia, Brazil, Congo, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, French Guiana, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Thailand, United States and Zimbabwe.

Specimens examined and associations — Sari (Darab kola forest): 36°32’N, 53°16’E, 216 m a.s.l., 9 Oct. 2010 – 2 ♀♀ on Alnus subcordata C. A. Mey. (Betulaceae); Savadkuh county (Shirgah): 36°19’N, 52°50’E, 236 m a.s.l., 8 Sept. 2011 – 4 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Rubus persicus Boiss. (Rosaceae); 4 ♀♀ and 3 Deutonymphs on Chrysanthemum coronarium L. ( Asteraceae); 4 ♀♀ on Salix alba L. ( Salicaceae).

Previous records from Iran — This is the first record of this species from Iran.

Comments — The host plants: A. subcordata, R. persicus, C. coronarium and S. alba are new records for B. californicus (Childers at al., 2003; Beard et al., 2013).