Spider mites, host plants and new records for Brazil (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec02004

Authors

Carlos H. W. Flechtmann Senior Professor, Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-8544

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec02004

Keywords:

collection, diversity, taxonomy

Abstract

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: Allonychus, Aponychus, Eutetranychus, Mononychellus, Schizotetranychus, Oligonychus and Tetranychus.

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