Table 2.

Variable morphological characters used to differentiate some Eutetranychus species suggested as synonyms of E.orientalis in the current study.

Suggested synonyms of E.orientalis	Characters used to differentiate in original descriptions							Reference
	Dorsocentral setae, short, medium or long	Shape of dorsal setae	Setae on femur II	Setae on femur IV	Striations pattern b/w e1 and d1	Spermatheca distally	Length of palp spinneret as compared to width
E. fici	long, extending to the bases of next setae in line	Spatulate to subspatulate	6	2	V shaped	rounded	4 times	Meyer 1987
E. pruni	Short to medium	Slender	7	1	longitudinal	–*	–*	Smiley and Baker 1995
E. ricinus	Short to medium	oblanceolate to subspatulate	7	2	longitudinal	–*	–	Smiley and Baker 1995
E. sanaae	Short to medium	Slender	7	1	V shaped	–*	–*	Smiley and Baker 1995
E. phaseoli	Short	Subspatulate	7	1	V shaped	–*	–*	Nassar and Ghai 1981
E. guangdongensis	Short to medium	Spatulate to Subspatulate	Mentioned the same as in E.orientalis			–*	–*	Ma and Yaun 1981
E.xianensis**	Short	Spatulate to Subspatulate				–*	–*	Ma and Yaun 1981
E. orientalis	Short, medium and long almost extending to the bases of next setae in line	Slender, Spatulate, subspatulate, oblanceolate	6, 6/7, 7 Variable	1, 2,1/2 Variable	V shaped or longitudinal	Pointed or rounded	3 to 4 times	Khanjani et al. 2017; Present study

*Information not available in the original descriptions **distinguished from E.banksi in the original description