Mites associated with Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth (Malpighiaceae) in the state of Pará, Brazil

Aloyséia Noronha; Jeferson L. C. Mineiro; Noeli J. Ferla; Tatiane M. M. G. Castro; Guilherme L. Silva; Antônio C. Lofego; Adria O. Azevedo

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec02026

Authors

Aloyséia Noronha Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Pará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-766X
Jeferson L. C. Mineiro Instituto Biológico, Campinas, São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-646X
Noeli J. Ferla Universidade do Vale do Taquari – UNIVATES, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0771-6864
Tatiane M. M. G. Castro Universidade Estadual de Roraima, Rorainópolis, Roraima https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4152-8763
Guilherme L. Silva Universidade do Vale do Taquari – UNIVATES, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-6622
Antônio C. Lofego Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-6858
Adria O. Azevedo Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – UFRPE, Recife, Pernambuco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-7053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec02026

Keywords:

Acari, phytophagous, nance, predators

Abstract

The present study evaluated the mite fauna associated with nance, Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth, in the state of Pará, Eastern Amazon. Mites were collected from leaves of nance clones in the municipalities of Belém and Tomé-Açu from 2012 to 2014. The collected mites were mounted on microscope slides in Hoyer’s medium. A total of 2,749 mites were collected, distributed in 32 species belonging to eight families, in addition to specimens of the suborder Oribatida, which represented 73% of the total collected. Eighteen species of predators of the families Ascidae, Cunaxidae, Phytoseiidae and Stigmaeidae are reported. Phytoseiidae was the most diverse family, with ten species, with a predominance of Amblyseius aerialis (Muma, 1955). Thirty-one mite species are new records in B. crassifolia in the state of Pará, and the Tydeidae Afrotydeus kenyensis (Baker, 1970) and Pseudolorryia nicaraguensis (Baker, 1970) are reported for the first time in Brazil.

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