Neonidulus falsicornus (Zhang & Martin) comb. nov.

(Figs 3–6)

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). Immature stages with insertion of h2 approximately level with that of h1 (Figs 5, 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) .