A new species of Schizotetranychus (Acari: Tetranychoidea: Tetranychidae) from Western Siberia

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov, e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Ilya O. Kamayev, e-mail

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

Acknowledgments:

Authors thank V. Kirnev and N.A. Vershinin (University of Tyumen) for the preparation of SEM images and the identification of host plants, respectively. The present research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant No. 25-14-00118, to the senior author.

Annotation:

A new species of spider mites, Schizotetranychus tjumeniensis n. sp., is described based on females and males collected from Timothy grass, Phleum pratense L. (Poaceae), in the city of Tyumen, Russia. The new species belongs to the schizopus species group and subgroup, and it is most similar to Sch. tbilisiensis Reck and Sch.  tumidus Wang.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2025-33-2-119-132

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