Species Petrobia harti (Ewing, 1909)

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• Neophyllobius harti Ewing, H.E. 1909. New species of Acarina. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 35: 401-418 pls XIII-XVI.
• Tenuicrus errabundus Womersley, H. 1940. Studies in Australian Acarina. Tetranychidae and Trichadenidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 233-265.

Introduction

Tenuicrus errabundus Womersley, 1940 has sometimes been considered as a separate species, including in previous editions of this checklist. However, it is now considered to be junior synonym of Petrobia harti, following Bolland et al. (1998) and Midgeon & Dorkeld (2010).

General References

Beard, J.J. 2018. Spider mite species of Australia (including key exotic southeast Asian pest species). lucidcentral.org. December 2018. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/spider_mites_australia/ (as Petrobia (Tetranychina) harti)

Beard, J.J., Walter, D.E. & Allsopp, P.G. 2003. Spider mites of sugarcane in Australia: a review of grass-feeding Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 42: 51–78 (as Petrobia harti)

Bolland, H.R., Gutierrez, J. & Flechtmann, C.H.W. 1998. World Catalogue of the Spider Mite Family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Boston : Brill 392 pp. (as Petrobia harti)

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Petrobia harti)

Davis, J.J. 1968. Survey of Tetranychidae. Proceedings of the Field Entomologists' Conference, Nambour, June 25th-28th, 1968. Queensland Department of Primary Industries. 119-123 pp. (as Petrobia harti)

Gutierrez, J. & Schicha, E. 1983. The spider mite family Tetranychidae (Acari) in New South Wales. International Journal of Acarology 9: 99-116 (as Tetranychina harti)

Halliday, R.B. 2000. Additions and corrections to Mites of Australia: A Checklist and Bibliography. Australian Journal of Entomology 39: 233-235 (as Petrobia harti)

Meyer, M.K.P. (Smith) 1987. African Tetranychidae (Acari : Prostigmata) - with reference to the world genera. Entomology Memoirs Department of Agriculture and Water Supply. Republic of South Africa 69: 1-175 (as Tenuicrus errabundus)

Midgeon, A. & Dorkeld, F. 2010. Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. 8 September 2010. http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb [date of access 20 September 2011] (as Petrobia harti)

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Petrobia harti)

Pritchard, A.E. & Baker, E.W. 1955. A Revision of the Spider Mite Family Tetranychidae. San Fransisco : Pacific Coast Entomological Society 472 pp. (as Petrobia harti)

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