Tenuipalpus tamarixi Mahdavi and Asadi., 2185

Elgoni, Nasreldeen Ahmed, Kamran, Muhammad & Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, 2024, New species, new records and complementary descriptions of two species of the genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), Zootaxa 5529 (2), pp. 341-358 : 356-357

Tenuipalpus tamarixi Mahdavi and Asadi.

Tenuipalpus tamarixi Mahdavi and Asadi, 2018: 2185 .

Material Examined: Four females ( KSMAAS22 -Ten-Ten-1–4), Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) and two females, Acacia sp. ( Fabaceae ), Jazan 17°09ʹ51.5ʹʹN, 42°52ʹ2.5ʹʹ E, October 13, 2022, coll. M. Kamran, E. M. Khan and N. A. Elgoni .

Distribution: Iran ( Mahdavi and Asadi, 2018) Saudi Arabia (present study)

Hosts: Tamarix spp. ( Mahdavi and Asadi, 2018; present study)

Remarks: Our re-description matches the original description except for variation in the length of the dorsal and ventral setae. T. tamarixi was collected from the same host plant ( Tamarix spp. ) that was reported from it the first time.

Tenuipalpus viticola Al-Gboory.

Tenuipalpus viticola Al-Gboory, 1987: 149 .

Material Examined: Two females (KSMAAS20-Ten-Ten-1–2), Citrus spp. ( Rutaceae ) and one female, Vitis vinifera L ( Vitaceae ), Hafouf. 25°19ʹ26.2ʹʹN, 49°39ʹ28.2ʹʹE, October 23, 2020, coll. J. H. Mirza, N. A. Elgoni, H. M. S. Ali and W. M. Khan.

Distribution: Iraq ( Al-Gboory, 1987) and Saudi Arabia (present study)

Hosts: Vitis vinifera ( Al-Gboory, 1987, present study) and Citrus spp. (present study)

Remarks: Our re-description matches the original description except for a variation in the length of the dorsal setae. T. viticola was collected from the new host plant Citrus s pp., while it was previously reported from V. vinifera .