Open AccessSpider mites, host plants and new records for Brazil (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Author(s) -
Carlos H. W. Flechtmann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
entomological communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2675-1305
DOI - 10.37486/2675-1305.ec02004
Subject(s) - acari , spider , biology , tetranychus , acariformes , host (biology) , geography , zoology , spider mite , ecology
A list of new records of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) for Brazil based on specimens deposited in the Acarological Collection of Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ, Universidade de São Paulo (Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil) is presented. The specimens studied were sent for identification and/or collected by us from different states of the country. The list includes 15 species belonging to seven different genera: Aponychus, Allonychus, Eutetranychus, Mononychellus, Schizotetranychus, Oligonychus and Tetranychus.