Species Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835
- Acarus telarius Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [name suppressed in ICZN (1971) Opinion 968].
Introduction
There is some doubt as to the taxonomic status of certain economically important species of Tetranychus. Tetranychus urticae Koch and T. cinnabarinus (Boisduval) are here treated as synonyms following recent major works, for example Bolland et al. (1998) and Seeman & Beard (2011). Seeman & Beard (2011) reviewed possible methods for distinguishing between T. urticae and T. cinnabarinus. The accuracy of many published identifications remains very ambiguous, and the reliability of molecular data used to separate these species has been questioned (de Mendonça et al., 2011).
The name telarius has been suppressed (ICZN, 1971).
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 urticae)
Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R., Welbourn, W.C., Pooley, C. & Dowling, A.P.G. 2012. External mouthpart morphology in the Tenuipalpidae (Tetranychoidea): Raoiella a case study. Experimental and Applied Acarology 57: 227–255 (feeding biology as Tetranychus urticae)
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 Tetranychus urticae)
Beaulieu, F. & Weeks, A.R. 2007. Free-living mesostigmatic mites in Australia: their roles in biological control and bioindication. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 460–478 (as Tetranychus urticae)
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 urticae)
Boudreaux, H.B. 1956. Revision of the two-spotted spider mite (Acarina, Tetranychidae) complex, Tetranychus telarius (Linnaeus). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 43-48 (as Tetranychus telarius)
Boudreaux, H.B. 1956. Revision of the two-spotted spider mite (Acarina, Tetranychidae) complex, Tetranychus telarius (Linnaeus). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 43-48 (as Tetranychus cinnabarinus)
Boudreaux, H.B. & Dosse, G. 1963. Concerning the names of some common spider mites. pp. 350-364 in Naegele, J.A. (ed.). Advances in Acarology. Ithaca, New York : Comstock Publishing. (as Tetranychus telarius; as Tetranychus urticae)
Boudreaux, H.B. & Dosse, G. 1963. Request for Acarus telarius Linné, 1758, Trombidium tiliarum Joh. Hermann, 1804, Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836, to be placed on the Official List (Arachnida, Acarina). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 363-366 (as Tetranychus telarius; as Tetranychus urticae)
Brier, H. 2007. Pulses - summer (including peanuts). pp. 169–257 in Bailey, P.T. (ed.). Pests of Field Crops and Pastures. Identification and Control. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp. 520. (as Tetranychus urticae)
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Tetranychus cinnabarinus)
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 Tetranychus telarius and Tetranychus urticae)
de Mendonça, R.S., Navia, D., Diniz, I.R., Auger, P. & Navajas, M. 2011. A critical review on some closely related species of Tetranychus sensu stricto (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the public DNA sequences databases. Experimental and Applied Acarology 55: 1–23
Dupont, L.M. 1979. On gene flow between Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836 and Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval) Boudreaux, 1956 (Acari : Tetranychidae): Synonymy between the two species. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 25: 297-303 (as Tetranychus cinnabarinus)
Evans, J.W. 1942. Orchard and garden mites and their control. Tasmanian Journal of Agriculture 13: 140-142 (as Tetranychus urticae)
Flechtmann, C.H.W. & Knihinicki, D.K. 2002. New species and new record of Tetranychus Dufour from Australia, with a key to the major groups in this genus based on females (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 118–127 (as Tetranychus urticae)
Froggatt, W.W. 1921. Orchard and garden mites. No. 2. - Spinning mites (Family Tetranychidae). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 32: 130-135 (as Tetranychus telarius)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1971. Opinion 968. Acarus telarius Linneaus, 1758 (Arachnida) suppressed under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28: 85–87
Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Tetranychus cinnabarinus)
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 urticae)
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]
Pritchard, A.E. & Baker, E.W. 1955. A Revision of the Spider Mite Family Tetranychidae. San Fransisco : Pacific Coast Entomological Society 472 pp. (as Tetranychus telarius)
Rainbow, W.J. 1906. A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 145-193 (as Tetranychus rosarum; as Tetranychus cucumeris; as Tetranychus telarius)
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 urticae)
Walter, D.E. & O'Dowd, D.J. 1999. The good, the bad and the ugly: which really inhabit leaf domatia? pp. 215–220 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey. (as Tetranychus urticae)
Womersley, H. 1940. Studies in Australian Acarina. Tetranychidae and Trichadenidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 233-265 (as Tetranychus urticae)
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 | 16-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2010 | 29-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 28-Jul-2010 | 28-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 09-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 07-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED |