Çobanoğlu, SultanUeckermann, Edward AlbertKumral, Nabi Alper2024-08-092024-08-092015-01-011300-0179https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1406-17https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol39/iss4/4/https://hdl.handle.net/11452/43845A new plant-feeding mite species, Tetranychus solanacearum Cobanoglu & Ueckermann sp. nov. (Acari: Tetranychidae), is described and illustrated. The samples were collected from various solanaceous plants (Solanaceae) [black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), spiny nightshade (Solanum rostratum Dunal), jimsonweed or datura (Datura stramonium L.), and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)] in Ankara Province, Turkey. A key to all species of the genus Tetranychus Dufour known to occur in Turkey is presented in the paper.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessProstigmataMitesFaunaAcariTetranychidaeSp nov.Tetranychus solanacearumTomatoAnkaraZoologyArticle00035758720000456557039410.3906/zoo-1406-17