Anatomical Characters Distinguishing Bryobia arborea M. & A. and B. praetiosa Koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae) from Various Areas of the World
- 1 August 1960
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 92 (8) , 595-604
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent92595-8
Abstract
On the basis of anatomical and ecological differences, Morgan and Anderson (1957) and Anderson and Morgan (1958) divided the Bryobia praetiosa complex of British Columbia into two species; the brown mite, B. arborea M. & A., 1957, found exclusively on fruit trees, and the clover mite, B. praetiosa Koch, 1836, found chiefly on herbaceous plants and known more commonly as a household pea. Acarologists in Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Russia have separated the complex into a number of species principally on anatomical bases (Pritchard and Keifer, 1958). In a recent exhaustive treatise of the complex in Switzerland, Mathys (1957) proposed five species and four ‘forms’.Keywords
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