Tetranychus urticae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetranychoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eleutherengona Sectio: Raphignathae Superfamilia: Tetranychoidea

Familia: Tetranychidae
Subfamilia: Tetranychinae
Tribus: Tetranychini
Genus: Tetranychus
Species: Tetranychus urticae

Name

Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836

Type locality: from Urtica dioica, Regensburg (Germany)

Neotype: BM, ♀ — Neotype designated by Boudreaux & Dosse (1963)

Synonyms

49 synonyms listed at https://web.archive.org/web/20091120012222/http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb/.

Notes

The naming of the species does not always follow ICZN rules. The actual date of publication is 1835 whatever the system used, the "Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden" issued by Koch himself or the "Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten" published by Panzer, dates were checked by Sherborn (1923).
The naming "Tetranychus urticae, Koch 1836" is used by Boudreaux & Dosse (1963), placed on the "Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology" (1987: 851) and is very frequent (1780 hits in pdf vs 144 hits for 1835).
Among the synonyms is listed a tydeid mite, Tydeus viburni.

References

Primary references

Boudreaux, H.B. & Dosse, G. 1963. Request for Acarus telarius Linné, 1758, Trombidium tiliarium Joh. Hermann, 1804, Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836, to be placed on the official list (Arachnida, Acarina). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 20: 363-366
Koch, C.L. 1835a. Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Heft 1. Regensburg, Herrich-Schäffer.
Koch, C.L. 1835b. Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten, Heft 137. Regensburg, Herrich-Schäffer.
Sherborn, C.D. 1923. On the dates of C. L. Koch, 'Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden', 1835—44. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9) 11 : 568.
ICZN. 1987. Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. ICZN, London.

Additional references

Seeman, O.D.; Beard, J.J. 2011: Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Zootaxa, 2961: 1–72. Preview PDF
Migeon, A. and Dorkeld, F. 2017. Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. 49 synonyms listed at https://web.archive.org/web/20091120012222/http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb/.

Links

afd – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).

Tetranychus urticae – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)

BHL bibliography
Tetranychus urticae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Tetranychus urticae.
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Vernacular names

català: Aranya roja comuna
čeština: Sviluška chmelová
Deutsch: Gemeine Spinnmilbe
English: Two-spotted spider mite, red spider mite
suomi: Vihannespunkki
français: Araignée rouge
magyar: Közönséges takácsatka
íslenska: Roðamaur
lietuvių: Paprastoji voratinklinė erkė
Bahasa Melayu: Hamama lelabah merah
Nederlands: Spint
polski: Przędziorek chmielowiec
русский: Обыкновенный паутинный клещ
中文: 二斑叶螨

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