Species Tetranychus lintearius Dufour, 1832
- Tetranychus lintearicus Dufour, L. 1832. Description et figure du Tetranychus lintearicus, Arachnide nouvelle de la tribu des Acarides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 25: 276-283 pl. 9 [original spelling].
Introduction
The name of this species was originally spelled lintearicus. However the emended speling lintearius has been in widespead use, so it is used here in the interest of stability. This species was deliberately introduced into Australia as a biological control agent.
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 Tetranychus lintearius)
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 Tetranychus lintearius)
Briese, D.T., Ireson, J., Sagliocco, J.-L., Smyth, M.J., Swirepik, A.E. & Yeoh, P.B. 2007. Pastures - winter rainfall: weed biological control agents. pp. 441–470 in Bailey, P.T. (ed.). Pests of Field Crops and Pastures. Identification and Control. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp. 520. (as Tetranychus lintearius)
Davies, J.T., Ireson, J.E. & Allen, G.R. 2007. The impact of the gorse spider mite, Tetranychus lintearius, on the growth and development of gorse, Ulex europaeus. Biological Control 41: 86–93 (as Tetranychus lintearius)
Ireson, J.E., Gourlay, A.H., Kwong, R.M., Holloway, R.J. & Chatterton, W.S. 2003. Host specificity, release, and establishment of the gorse spider mite, Tetranychus lintearius Dufour (Acarina : Tetranychidae), for the biological control of gorse, Ulex europaeus L. (Fabaceae), in Australia. Biological Control 26: 117–127 (as Tetranychus lintearius)
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 Tetranychus lintearius)
Seeman, O.D. & Beard, J.J. 2011. Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Zootaxa 2961: 1–72 (as Tetranychus lintearius)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 24-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 19-Aug-2013 | TETRANYCHIDAE Donnadieu, 1876 | 15-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-May-2011 | ADDED |