多年来,危害我省玉米的红蜘蛛一直称为“棉叶螨”(Tetranychus trarius L),或叫“棉红蜘蛛”(Tetranychus bimaculatus Harvey),但二者均为复合种,《甘肃农作物病虫害》一书中记载为(Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisduval),这个学名实为朱砂叶螨,而经作者1987～1989年在我省天水、武威、张掖三地区采集标本,鉴定后应为截形叶螨(Tetranychus truncatus Ehara)。“棉叶螨”或“棉红蜘蛛”根据王慧芙(1979)研究,它为一复合种,包括截形叶螨(Tetranychus For many years, the red spiders that endanger the corn in our province have been called “Tetranychus trarius L” or “Tetranychus bimaculatus Harvey”, but both are complex species. “Gansu crop pests and diseases” (Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisduval), the scientific name of the real spider mites, and by the author from 1987 to 1989 in our province Tianshui, Wuwei, Zhangye three samples collected after identification should be Tetranychus truncatus Ehara). According to Wang Hui-Fu (1979), “cotton spider mite” or “cotton spider mite” is a complex of Tetranychus species