Bryobia graminum (Schrank, 1781)
Material examined
specimens not examined Taxonomy
Subfamily Bryobiinae Tribe Bryobiini Common Name
Clover mite Distribution
+Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, CIS, Chile, China, Egypt, France, *Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom Taxonomy Changes
Acarus graminum Schrank 1781 Bryobia graminum (Schrank) Oudemans 1929 Acarus rufus Schrank 1776, synonymy Livshits & Mitrofanov 1971 Tetranychus cristatus Duges 1834 Bryobia cristata (Duges) Oudemans 1905, synonymy Livshits & Mitrofanov 1971 Bryobia gloriosa Koch 1836, synonymy Oudemans 1937 Rhyncholophus haustor Hardy 1850 Bryobia haustor (Hardy) Oudemans 1937, synonymy Oudemans 1937 Bryobia amygdali Reck 1947, synonymy Livshits & Mitrofanov 1971 Bryobia zachvatkini Wainstein 1956, synonymy Livshits & Mitrofanov 1971 Diagnosis
Larva dorsal body setae slender, needle-like, serrate
Female peritreme ending in oval expansion about 38 long prodorsal setae v2 slightly broader than setae v1 outer prodorsal lobes triangular with slight swelling on inner margin indentation between inner and outer prodorsal lobes relatively shallow indentation between inner lobes relatively shallow dorsal body setae spatulate, 23-25 long x 15-20 wide Hosts
> 30 species including: Alopercurus pratensis (Poaceae), Artemisia vulgaris (Asteraceae), Brassica kaber (Brassicaceae), Bromus sp. (Poaceae), Chrysanthemum sp. (Asteraceae), Cichorium intybus (Asteraceae), Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae), Elytrigia repens (Poaceae), Holcus sp. (Poaceae), Lolium sp. (Poaceae), Malus domestica (Rosaceae), Malva sylvestris (Malvaceae), Mentha sp. (Lamiaceae), *Poaceae, Poa sp. (Poaceae), Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae), Pyrus communis (Rosaceae), Ranunculus repens (Ranunculaceae), Rhamnus pallasii (Rhamnaceae), Trifolium alexandrinum (Fabaceae) Biology
This species tends to be found on herbaceous plants, and sometimes on fruit trees. The hibernating stages are often collected in crevices of tree trunks and in cracks in the walls of houses. References
Bolland H.R., Gutierrez J., and Flechtmann C.H.W. (1998) World Catalogue of the Spider Mite Family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, 392 pp. Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H. and Baker, E.W. (1975) Mites injurious to economic plants. 614pp. Berkeley, University of California Press. Duges, A. (1834) Recherches sur l'ordre des Acariens en general et la famille des Trombidies en particular. Annales de Sciences Naturelles. Partie Zoologique. 2nd Serie. 5-173, + plates +Gutierrez, J. and Schicha, E. (1983) The spider mite family Tetranychidae (Acari) in New South Wales. International Journal of Acarology 9: 99-116 Livshits, I.Z. and Mitrofanov, V.I. (1971) The mites of the genus Bryobia C.L. Koch, 1836 (Acariformes, Bryobiidae). Tr. Gos. Nikit. Bot. Sada 51: 1-112 Ma, E.P. and Yuan, Y.L. (1980) New species and records of tetranychid mites from China I. (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 5: 42-45 +Manson, D.C.M. (1967) The spider mite family Tetranychidae in New Zealand. I. The genus Bryobia. Acarologia 9: 76-123 Migeon, A. and Dorkeld, F. (2006-2017) Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb Oudemans, A.C. (1929) Kritisch Historisch Overzicht der Acarologie. B2: 1-1097 Oudemans, A.C. (1937) Kritisch Historisch Overzicht der Acarologie. 3(C): IX-XXIII + 799-1348 *Schrank, F.P. (1781) Enumeratio Insectorum Austriae Indigenorum. Beitr. Natur. Augsburg, Germany, 8: 548pp. Notes
Bryobia graminum was recorded as being present in Australia by Gutierrez and Schicha (1983) under the name B. cristata Duges (1834). [Bryobia cristata is a junior synonym of B. graminum (synonymy by Livshits and Mitrofanov (1971): 57] Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved.