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Research Project: Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Review on the genus Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), with description of a new species

Author
item PAM, XIAO-JUAN - GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item JIN, DAOCHAO - GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY
item YI, TIANCI - GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY

Submitted to: Insects
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/13/2022
Publication Date: 12/14/2022
Citation: Pam, X., Ochoa, R., Jin, D., Yi, T. 2022. Review on the genus Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetranychidae), with description of a new species. Insects. 13(12):1176. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13121176.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13121176

Interpretive Summary: The spider mite family Tetranychidae includes 85 genera and more than 1300 species worldwide, and is the group of phytophagous mites that has the greatest impact on the agricultural economy. The Bambu mites represents a small genus of six species. Here, a new species of Bambu mite from Majiang Country, Guizhou Province is described based on the deutonymph and adults. Also included is a revision of the species in the Bambu mite genus. This article will help scientists in plant protection, entomologists, agronomists and people working with Bambu plants.

Technical Abstract: Only two species of the genus Stylophoronychus, S. baghensis Prasad, 1975 and S. guangzhouensis (Ma & Yuan, 1980) have been recorded in China. Herein we describe a new species Stylophoronychus wangae Pan, Jin & Yi sp. nov. based on characteristics of the deutonymphs and adults. The synonym of S. guangzhouensis (Ma & Yuan, 1980) and S. lalli 1975, Prasad with S. vannus (Rimando, 1968) is proposed. A redescription of S. vannus (Rimando, 1968) based on the adults of both sexes, deutonymphs and a protonymph is given. The ontogenetic changes of leg chaetotaxy in two species are given and discussed. The updated key to the species of Stylophoronychus of the world is provided.