Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae (Trombidiformes, Tetranychoidea) from Syria with a description of a new species of Bryobia

Ziad Barbar (1) , Bruce Parker (2) , Philippe Auger (3)

1 Al-Baath University [Homs]
2 University of Vermont [Burlington]
3 UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations

Surveys of Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae were conducted at three locations in Latakia governorate, Syria, in 2021. Eight species were collected; four flat mite species of which Aegyptobia beglarovi, Cenopalpus lineola, and Pentamerismus juniperi were new records for Syria; and four spider mite species among which Petrobia (Mesotetranychus) tunisiae represented a new record. A new tetranychid species, Bryobia (Lyobia) hadizeni sp. nov., collected from Calicotome villosa, is described and illustrated. The number of Tenuipalpidae species known from Syria increases to 16 and there are now 25 species of Tetranychidae.

Mots clés: Animalia; Arthropoda; Acari; Aacriformes; flat mites; spider mites; new species; species diversity

Domaines: Zoologie des invertébrés; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Ziad Barbar, Bruce Parker, Philippe Auger. Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae (Trombidiformes, Tetranychoidea) from Syria with a description of a new species of Bryobia. Acarologia, 2022, 62 (1), pp.58-67. ⟨10.24349/6gnq-wcbz⟩. ⟨hal-03525979⟩