The genus Sonotetranychus Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976 (Acari: Tetranychidae), previously known from the Americas, Africa and Asia, is for the first time recorded from Australasia. Sonotetranychus tawhairauriki sp. nov. collected on Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortiodes (Nothofagaceae) is described from Ngatimoti, New Zealand. This mite genus is for the first time recorded from plant hosts of the family Nothofagaceae.
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1 October 2009
Filling the gap in distribution of the genus Sonotetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) with a description of a new species from New Zealand
Zhi-Qiang Zhang,
Shaun J. Bennett
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Acari
new species
Sonotetranychus
Tetranychidae