Brevipalpus californicus ( Banks, 1904 )

Halawa, Alaa M. & Fawzy, Magdy M., 2014, A new species of Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and key to the Egyptian species, Zootaxa 3755 (1), pp. 87-95 : 92

Brevipalpus californicus ( Banks, 1904) .

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Tenuipalpus californicus Banks, 1904: 55 .

Tenuipalpus australis Tucker, 1926: 3 .

Tenuipalpus vitis Womersley, 1940: 241 .

Brevipalpus confusus Baker, 1949: 380 .

Brevipalpus browningi Baker, 1949: 382 .

Brevipalpus woglumi McGregor, 1949: 19 .

Brevipalpus californicus, Pritchard and Baker 1951: 30 ; Meyer and Ryke 1959:319.

Material examined: 7 females and 4 males ex Citrus spp . ( Rutaceae ), 2 females ex Psidium guajava L. ( Myrtaceae ), Vitis vinifera L. ( Vitaceae ) EGYPT: Qalubia province, Tukh district, Moshtohor village, 30 ◦ 21'18"N, 31 ◦ 13'30"E, 19 May 2012, coll. A.M.Halawa; 5 females and 1 male ex Plumeria acutifolia Poir (Apocynaceae) , Citrus aurantium L ( Rutaceae ): EGYPT: Giza province, Nikla village, 30 ◦ 02'6"N, 31 ◦ 12'18"E, 17 October 2012, coll. A. M. Halaw; 3 females ex Citrus spp . ( Rutaceae ); 4 females ex Pyrus communis L. ( Rosaceae ) EGYPT: Behera province, Behera, 30 ◦ 36'54"N, 30 ◦ 41'6"E, 11 September 2012, coll. A.M. Halawa; 2 females ex Citrus spp . ( Rutaceae ) EGYPT: Dakahlia province, Tonamel village, 30 ◦ 50' 6"N, 31 ◦ 15'18"E, 3 September, 2012, coll. A.M. Halawa.

Remark. The original description of Brevipalpus californicus was given by Banks (1904) from Redlands, California, and placed under the genus Brevipalpus by McGregor (1949). In Egypt, this species was reported as Brevipalpus australis Tucker by Attiah (1956), and re-described by Zaher (1984) as B. californicus (Banks) . Our study agrees with the last mentioned identification.

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FIGURE 4. Dorsal idiosoma, A. Brevipalpus californicus; B. Brevipalpus olearius after Zaher (1984), C. Brevipalpus lewisi after Attiah (1956).