Taxonomy of the Genus Bryobia Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae): Reconsideration of Subgenera and Updated Species Groups.

ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to revise the subgeneric divisions of the genus Bryobia based on persistent characteristics and to propose species groups in each subgenus to further ease the identification of species. As a result, only three subgenera, based on literature, are recognized, viz, subgenus Bryobia Koch (duplex setae present on leg tarsi III-IV), subgenus Allobia Livschits and Mitrofanov (duplex setae absent on leg tarsi III-IV), and subgenus Lyobia Livschits and Mitrofanov (duplex setae present only on leg tarsus III). The analysis based on morphological characters and available COI sequences on the GenBank database did not resolve the phylogenetic relationship of Bryobia species, and likewise, no support could be found for the proposed subgeneric di

SUBMITTER: Mirza JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11595223 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature