Brachytydeus obnoxious Kuznetzov et Zapletina 1972

K, Rana Akyazı, SoysalK, Mete & UeckermannK, Edward A., 2024, Mite species of kiwi vines in Türkiye, Acarologia 64 (4), pp. 1030-1051 : 1038

Brachytydeus obnoxious Kuznetzov et Zapletina 1972

Brachytydeus obnoxia , incorrect subsequent spelling (gender) used by Da Silva et al. (2016:

20)

Brachytydeus obnoxius subsequent combination used by Da Silva et al. (2016: 20) corrected under art. 34.2 of ICZN

Material examined — 4 ♀♀: 1 ♀ (Altınordu, N40°56′33.03″ E37°56′20.31″, 11 m, 02. IX.2019), 2 ♀♀ (Fatsa, N40°58′39.92″ E37°36′41.00″, 178 m, 06. VIII.2018), 1 ♀ (İkizce,

N41°2′1.16″ E36°59′18.41″, 605 m, 31. VII.2019), 1 ♀ (İkizce, N41°5′8.42″ E37°1′38.94″, 484

m, 31. VII.2019)

Remarks — Brachytydeus obnoxius was first reported on nuts from Azerbaijan (Livshitz et al. 1972). It was later recorded from a birch tree stand in Poland ( Laniecki et al. 2021) and grassy plant leaves in Russia ( Khaustov 2023). In Türkiye, this species was found in a survey of hazelnut orchards throughout the growing areas in the Black Sea Region by Özman-Sullivan et al. (2005).