Tetranychus Dufour 1832 (Tetranychinae: Tetranychini)

Has a single pair of para-anal setae, duplex setae of tarsus I widely separated, dividing it into more or less three equal parts, empodia split into 3 pairs of proximoventral hairs, male empodia may possess medio-dorsal spur, body setae not set on tubercles.