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Taxonomic study describes the novel spider mite species Neotetranychus grewiae on Grewia foliage, expanding documented mite biodiversity in the Arabian Peninsula.
A new species of the genus Neotetranychus Trägårdh 1915, N. grewiae sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on the female and male. The specimens were collected from the foliage of Grewia sp. (Malvaceae) in the southwestern region (Abha) of Saudi Arabia.LSID for Research Article: https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:474ECB0D-7D48-4956-AAAC-BFA950E995B0LSID for New species: https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1EDA9038-DE0C-4385-93D1-B8A5929F8574
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