Brevipalpus obovatus

Donnadieu, 1875

Brevipalpus pereger Donnadieu, 1875: 117 . Brevipalpus amicus Chaudhri, 1972: 65 . Brevipalpus assamensis Sadana and Gupta, 1983: 1 . Brevipalpus origanum Baker, Tuttle and Abbatiello, 1975: 18 . Tenuipalpus bioculatus McGregor, 1914: 354 . Tenuipalpus inornatus Banks, 1912: 97 . Tenuipalpus pseudocuneatus Blanchard, 1940: 11 .

Distribution — Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, The Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, USA, Venezuela.

Specimens examined and associations — Babol: 36°32’N, 54°41’E, - 2 m a.s.l., 17 Oct. 2010 – 5 ♀♀ and 1 Deutonymph on Prunus cerasus L. ( Rosaceae); Sari (Darabkola forest): 36°32’N, 53°16’E, 216 m a.s.l., 9 Oct. 2010 – 10 ♀♀ on Alnus subcordata Mey (Betulaceae); Ramsar: 36°47’N, 50°32’E, 20 m a.s.l., 27 May 2011 – 1 ♀ on Pyrus communis L. (Rosaceae); Chalus: 36°38’N, 50°25’E, 33 m a.s.l., 28 July 2011 – 6 ♀♀ on Erythrina crista-galli L. ( Papilionaceae); Noor: 36°34’N, 52°00’E, - 19 m a.s.l., 28 July 2011 – 8 ♀♀ on Campsis grandiflora (Thumb.) Loisel (Bignoniaceae); Noor (Anar jar village): 36°30’N, 51°58’E, 53 m a.s.l., 4 Aug. 2011 – 3 ♀♀ on Smilax excels L. ( Liliaceae); Juybar: 36°38’N, 52°54’E, - 8 m a.s.l., 1 Sept. 2011 – 5 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ and 2 Deutonymphs on Campsis grandiflora; Savadkuh county (Shirgah): 36°19’N, 52°50’E, 236 m a.s.l., 8 Sept. 2011 – 8 ♀♀, 1 ♂ and 1 Deutonymph on Campsis grandiflora, 2 ♀♀ and 1 Deutonymph on Chrysanthemum coronarium L. ( Asteraceae), 2 ♀♀ on Rubus persicus Boiss.; Sari (Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Campus): 36°39’N, 53°04’E, - 10 m a.s.l., 16 Dec. 2011 – 2 ♀♀ on Borago officinalis L. ( Boraginaceae).

Previous records from Iran — Guilan, Mazandaran and Tehran Provinces (Kamali et al., 2001); Hamedan (Abhendo village), Hamedan Province (Khanjani et al., 2013a).

Comments — The host plants: P. cerasus, A. subcordata, E. crista-galli, C. grandiflora S. excels, R. persicus, B. officinalis are new records for B. obovatus (Childers et al., 2003; Beard et al., 2013).