South American Spider Mites: New Hosts and Localities

In order to contribute to taxonomic information on Tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in South America, surveys were conducted in Brazil (15 States and the Federal District) and Uruguay (one Department); 550 samples of 120 plant species were collected. Tetranychid mite infestations were confir...

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Published in:Journal of insect science (Tucson, Ariz.) Ariz.), 2011, Vol.11 (121), p.1-18
Main Authors: Mendonça, Renata S, Navia, Denise, Diniz, Ivone R, Flechtmann, Carlos HW
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acari
Animals
Araneae
Biodiversity
Brazil
Crops, Agricultural - parasitology
Eotetranychus tremae
Eurytetranychini
Female
Hystrichonychini
Identification and classification
Male
neotropical region
Panonychus ulmi
Plant parasites
systematics
taxonomy
Tetranychidae
Tetranychini
Uruguay
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Summary:In order to contribute to taxonomic information on Tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in South America, surveys were conducted in Brazil (15 States and the Federal District) and Uruguay (one Department); 550 samples of 120 plant species were collected. Tetranychid mite infestations were confirmed in 204 samples, and 22 species belonging to seven genera of the Bryobiinae and Tetranychinae subfamilies were identified on 58 different host plants. Thirty-six new plant hosts were found in Brazil, South America, and worldwide for the following species: Eutetranychus banksi (McGregor); Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar); Oligonychus anonae Paschoal; O. mangiferus (Rahman and Sapra); Tetranychus bastosi Tuttle, Baker and Sales; T. desertorumBanks, 1900, T. evansi Baker and Pritchard; T. ludeni Zacher; T. mexicanus (McGregor); T. neocaledonicus André; and T. urticae Koch. Four new localities in Brazil were reported for Eotetranychus tremae De Leon; O. anonae; Panonychus ulmi (Koch); and T. gloveri Baker and Pritchard.
ISSN:1536-2442
1536-2442
DOI:10.1673/031.011.12101