Checklist of the Hungarian spider mites and flat mites (Acari: Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae)

Abstract

A revised species list is given for tenuipalpids and tetranychids published from the territory of Hungary. Numerous doubtful data are deleted. The following species are not members of the Hungarian fauna, Tenuipalpidae: Aegyptobia beglarovi Livsic & Mitrofanov, 1967, Brevipalpus russulus (Boisduval, 1867), Tenuipalpus rosae Kadzhaja, 1955; Tetranychidae: Bryobia alpina Mathys, 1962, Bryobia kakuliana Reck, 1956, Bryobia lonicerae Reck, 1956, Panonychus citri (McGregor, 1916), Petrobia apicalis Banks, 1917 and Tetranychus spireae Reck, 1948. On the basis of the updated list, the Hungarian fauna contains 19 tenuipalpid and 37 tetranychid species.