| abstract | Two new spider mites were described and illustrated from Honshu: Panonychus osmanthi sp.nov. from Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus Makino in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Pref., and Tetranychus pueraricola sp.nov. from Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi in Hitachi-Ohta, Ibaraki Pref. Specimens of P. osmanthi from Fukuoka Pref., Kyushu, were also examined. P. osmanthi is a sibling species of P. citri (McGregor), while T. pueraricola is a sibling species of T. urticae Koch. |