Classification:
Genus: Tenuipalpus
Species: Tenuipalpus eriophyoides
Holotype:
Tenuipalpus eriophyoides Baker, 1948: 59; Margil, Basra, Mesopotamia, Iraq, ex an unidentified plant.
Type Depository:
United States National Museum of Natural History at Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Synonyms:
Senior synonym of:
Tenuipalpus lapidosus Siddiqui & Chaudhri —
Chaudhri et al. (1974);
Other Names:
Colopalpus eriophyoides —
Baker & Tuttle (1972)
Distribution:
KUWAIT:
El-Haidari (1981);
PAKISTAN:
Chaudhri et al. (1974);
SAUDI ARABIA:
Alatawi et al. (2015);
Hosts / Substrates:
ARECACEAE: date palm — El-Haidari (1981), Dosse (1971), Khalil-Manesh (1973), Al-Ali (1977), Elhalawany et al. (2020); Phoenix dactylifera L. — Majidi & Akrami (2013), Mohamed et al. (2014), Chaudhri et al. (1974), Alatawi et al. (2015), Al-Gboory (1987), Mohammed & EI-Haidari (1965);
UNIDENTIFIED: an unidentified plant — Baker (1948);
Catalog:
Halliday et al. (2018);
Kamali et al. (2001);
Khan et al. (2019);
Khanjani et al. (2013a);
Mesa et al. (2009);
Sepasgosarian (1983);
Redescription:
Al-Gboory (1987);
Alatawi et al. (2015);
Baker & Pritchard (1953b);
Baker & Tuttle (1972);
Castro et al. (2015);
Chaudhri et al. (1974);
De Moraes et al. (2011);
Elgoni et al. (2023);
Hasanvand et al. (2018);
Khan et al. (2019);
Khanjani et al. (2013c);
Khanjani et al. (2013d);
Khosrowshahi & Arbabi (1997);
Meyer (1979);
Meyer & Gerson (1980);
Mitrofanov & Strunkova (1979);
Pritchard & Baker (1958);
Rahmani et al. (2008);
Notes:
- Baker & Tuttle (1972) state that the species was described from an immature collected in “Mesopotamia”. Baker & Tuttle (1972:35) describe the adult male and female collected from date palm, Bagdad, Iraq.;
JUNIOR SYNONYM:
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