Tetranychus algarrobus Escobar-Garcia, Beard & Ochoa, 2023

Escobar-GarciaK, Hector Alonso, AndradeK, Daniel Júnior de, BeardK, Jennifer J. & OchoaK, Ronald, 2023, Description of a new species of spider mite of the genus Tetranychus Dufour (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Peru, Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 1017-1029 : 1018

Tetranychus algarrobus Escobar-Garcia, Beard & Ochoa n. sp.

Zoobank: D9C6DF8C-71B9-4740-A308-821AA8063CAE ( Figs. 1–11 )

Figures

Figure 1 Measurements used for the description of the male aedeagus as outlined in Methods, ”a” full height of aedeagus from ventral margin of shaft to dorsal margin of knob; ”b” length of sclerotised dorsal margin of aedeagus, ”c” height of shaft between ventral margin and dorsal margin, ”d” length of aedeagus including the often difficult to discern and unsclerotised ”stalk” (sensu Reck 1959

Figure 2 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp. paratype female: A – dorsal habitus;B – pattern of dorsal striae between setal pairse1–e1 andf 1–f 1; C – distribution of lobes on the ventral striae between setal pairsa 1–1aand 3a–3a; D – distribution of lobes on the ventral striae between seta 3 a–3 band 4a–4b(left side of venter). Scale bar same forB, C, D.

Figure 3 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp. A – paratype female palp; B – paratype female peritreme; C – paratype male peritreme. Scale bar same for B andC.

Figure 4 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp. paratype female – pattern of striae in pregenital region.

Figure 5 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp. paratype female (Tarsus I) – distribution of the four tactile

Figure 6 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp. paratype male – empodium I of the same individual.

Figure 7 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp., aedeagus of paratype male – four different focal points through the aedeagus of a single individual, using differential interference contrast (DIC).

Figure 8 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp., aedeagus of paratype male – three different focal points through the aedeagus of a single individual, using phase contrast (images by P. Auger).

Figure 9 Tetranychus algarrobusn. sp. paratype males: A – aedeagus at three different focal points; B – aedeagus of second paratype male.

Figure 10 The aedeagi of species morphologically similar toTetranychus algarrobusn. sp. A – T. amicus(reproduced from Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966); B – T. frater(reproduced from Wainstein, 1960); C – T. gladioli(reproduced from Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1980); D – T. kanzawai(reproduced from Pritchard & Baker, 1955);E – T. rooyenae(reproduced from Meyer, 1974); F – T. gloveri (reproduced from Sharkeyet al., 2022); G – T.merganser(reproduced from Boudreaux, 1954);H – T. mkuziensis (reproduced from Meyer, 1974); I – T.wainsteini (reproduced from Baker & Pritchard, 1962);J – T. algarrobusn. sp. (Holotype). Note – scale bars are often not provided in early descriptions, and hence are not provided here.

Figure 11 Live females and males ofTetranychus algarrobusn. sp. A – female with characteristic yellowy green color (collected in February, summer in Peru); B – female with characteristic color in winter (collected in August, winter in Peru);C – female, eggs, and immature stages on underside of leaf ofNeltuma piurensis; D – male with an egg.