Reinstatement of the genus Stigmaeopsis banks, with descriptions of two new species (Acari, Tetranychidae)

Abstract

The genus Stigmaeopsis Banks is reinstated with characteristic morphology on distal segment of palpus. Two new species, Stigmaeopsis saharai n. sp. and S. takahashii n. sp., are collected from Hokkaido and described. Five species previously known as celarius species group in Schizotetranychus are moved to Stigmaeopsis. Descriptions are supported by illustrations and scanning electron micrographs. © 2004 Entomological Society of America.