Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958a

Zhovnerchuk, Olga & Auger, Philippe, 2019, Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine): faunistic survey, reinstatement of the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960 and description of a new species, Zootaxa 4559 (2), pp. 321-338 : 335-336

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:808CB774-BC1B-428F-AEB6-8266AD3984F1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5921308
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F67E4822-CA79-F33C-10A5-EB0DD251FF08
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tetranychus similis Wainstein, 1958a
status

Treatment

Specimens examined. 1♀, 1♂, Senecio sp., Solenoozerny area , BSBR, 0 7.06.1992, L. Bondarenko ; 11♀♀, 3♂♂, 7DN, 1PN, 1L, Centaurea sp., Solenoozerny area , BSBR (46°27'N, 31°59'E), 15.06.2015, O. Zhovnerchuk GoogleMaps .

Tetranychus similis was previously recorded in the steppe zone of Ukraine and was able to inhabit various herbaceous plants ( Akimov, 1965). Senecio sp. is a new recorded host plant for T. similis .