A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIDER MITE FAUNA (PROSTIGMATA: TETRANYCHIDAE) OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS, RUSSIA

About authors:

Ilya O. Kamayev, e-mail

All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Bykovo, Moskovskaya Oblast, Russia

Natalia N. Karpun,

Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC SSC of RAS), Sochi, Russia

Acknowledgments:

Y. V. Mikhailova and K. V. Klemeshova (Federal Research Centre the Subtropical Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences [FRC SSC of RAS], Sochi) for their help in conducting the study. This study was partly carried out within the framework of the agreements on scientific coop- eration between the All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Bykovo and the FRC SSC of RAS (№ NC- 18/02, 15 January 2018). The survey of ornamen- tal plantings in Sochi was performed within the framework of the State Order of the FRC SSC of RAS (project № FGRW-2022-0006, state registra- tion № 122042600092-8).

Annotation:

Twenty-four species of Tetranychidae are reported from the North Caucasus, Russia. The presence of Eurytetranychus buxi (Garman, 1935) in this region has been confirmed. Bryobia tiliae (Oudemans, 1928) is a new species for the fauna of Russia. The present article provides information on the new host plants for Bryobia praetiosa, B. rubrioculus, Eotetranychus carpini, Eo. rubiphilus, Oligonychus longiclavatus and O. piceae.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2024-32-1-35-42

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