Two New Species of Spider Mites Occurring in Japan(Acari, Tetranychidae).

Abstract

Two new spider mites were described and illustrated from Honshu: Panonychus osmanthi sp. nov. from Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus Makino in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Pref., andTetranychus pueraricola sp. nov. from Pueraria lobata(Willd.)Ohwi in Hitachi-Ohta, Ibaraki Pref. Specimens of P. osmanthi from Fukuoka Pref., Kyushu, were also examied. P. osmanthi is a siblingspecies of P. citri(McGregor), while T. pueraricola is a sibling species of T. urticae Koch.