New records of spider mites from the Russian Far East (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae)

About author:

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

Acknowledgments:

The author is grateful to S. Mukhanov (VNIIKR) for the provided material.

The present research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant No. 25-14-00118.

Annotation:

Stigmaeopsis saharai Saito and Mori, 2004 was recorded from Russia for the first time. Additionally, Bryobia praetiosa Koch, 1836, Eotetranychus thujae (McGregor, 1950), and Oligonychus lagodechii Livshits and Mitrofanov, 1969 were listed from the Russian Far East.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2025-33-2-147-150

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