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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2010) 15, 69–70.

Correction to dorsal setal lengths of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae: Schizotetranychus) from Malaysia described by Ehara

KAZUNORI OHASHI¹ & SHÔZÔ EHARA²

1Agricultural Chemicals Research Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical, Co., Ltd., Takarazuka, Hyogo 665-8555, Japan. E-mail: oohasikznr@yahoo.co.jp

2 Deceased

Abstract

Incorrect measurements of the dorsal body setae of four spider mites described as new in Ehara and Tho (1988) are corrected here. The species are Schizotetranychus kochummeni Ehara, S. approximatus Ehara, S. laevidorsatus Ehara and S. saitoi Ehara. In addition, the erroneous body size of S. saitoi described in the article is also corrected.

Key words: dorsal body setae, Schizotetranychus kochummeni, S. approximatus, S. laevidorsatus, S. saitoi, original description.

References

Ehara, S., Ohashi, K., Gotoh, T. & Tsurusaki, N. (2009) The mite taxa created by S. Ehara and his coauthors with depositories of their type series (Arachnida: Acari). Bulletin of the Tottori Prefectural Museum, 46, 9–48.

Ehara, S. & Tho, Y.P. (1988) Spider mites of the Malay Peninsula (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Journal of the Faculty of Education, Tottori University (Natural Science), 37, 1–24.

Lindquist, E.E. (1985) Anatomy, phylogeny and systematics. 1.1.1. External anatomy. In: Helle, W. & Sabelis M.W. (Eds.). World Crop Pests. Spider Mites, Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol. 1A. Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp. 3–28.

Accepted by Owen Seeman 20 Jan. 2010; published 31 Mar. 2010