Spider mites (Acariformes, Tetranychidae) of the Massane Nature Reserve (France) K, Philippe Auger Garrigue, Joseph Fossoud, Amandine MigeonK, Alain Acarologia 2023 2023-03-21 63 2 306 345 6FM7N (Targioni Tozzetti, 1878) Targioni Tozzetti 1878 [491,1077,227,253] Arachnida Tetranychidae Eotetranychus Animalia Trombidiformes 29 335 Arthropoda species aurantii  This species is only known from topotypematerial and the original description and figures by Targioni Tozzetti (1878)are very scarce. For this reason, it is not possible to know with certainty if the material collected in this study belongs to this species. As mentioned by Pritchard & Baker (1955) topotypematerial should be studied to clearly define the status of this species. Nevertheless, we consider that the spider mite species we collected on  Q. ilexmost probably belongs to this species for the two following reasons: i) the specimens we collected cause erinosis on the undersurface of  Q. ilexleaves like  E. aurantiiwhose the Italian name given by Targioni Tozzetti (1878)is “tetranico della erinosi del leccio” meaning the spider mites of evergreen oak erinosis; ii) ; the host plant is the same and is widespread from Tuscanyin Italyto French Pyrénées-Orientales and to Catalonia in Spain (see GBIF data here https://www.gbif.org/species/2879098).