Eotetranychus tremae De Leon: additional descriptions and illustrations (Acari, Tetranychidae)

Flechtmann, Carlos H.W

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000100019

Abstract

Eotetranychus tremae De Leon, 1957 is reported for the second time from Brazil; additional descriptive characters and figures are given.

Tetranychidae; Eotetranychus; plant mites; spider mites; taxonomy

Eotetranychus tremae De Leon: additional descriptions and illustrations (Acari, Tetranychidae)

Carlos H.W. Flechtmann

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, ESALQ. Caixa Postal 9,13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. Researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq)

ABSTRACT

Eotetranychus tremae De Leon, 1957 is reported for the second time from Brazil; additional descriptive characters and figures are given.

Key words: Tetranychidae, Eotetranychus, plant mites, spider mites, taxonomy

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I thank Prof. Dr. Vinicius Castro Souza, Department of Botany, University of São Paulo - ESALQ, for the identification of the Brazilian host plant.

Recebido em 19.XII.1995; aceito em 04.VIII.1996.

Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third. New York, McMillan.
Baker, E.W. & A.E. Pritchard. 1962. Arañas rojas de America Central (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Rev. Soc. Mexic. Hist. Nat. 23:309-340.
Baker, E.W. & D.M. Tuttle. 1994. A Guide to the spider mites (Tetranychidae) of the United States. Michigan, Indira, 347p.
Brako, L.; A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and common names of 7000 vascular plants in the United States. APS Press, 295p.
de Leon, D. 1957. Two new Eotetranychns and a new Oligonychus from Southern Florida. (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Florida Entomol. 40 (3):111-113.
Flechtmann, C.H.W. 1981. A small collection of spider mites from Jaguanum Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with description of Aponychus insularis (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Internat. Jour. Acarol. 7 (1/4):87-90.

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
23 July 2009
Date of issue
1996

History

Received
19 July 1995
Accepted
04 Aug 1996

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[1] Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third. New York, McMillan.

[2] Baker, E.W. & A.E. Pritchard. 1962. Arañas rojas de America Central (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Rev. Soc. Mexic. Hist. Nat. 23:309-340.

[3] Baker, E.W. & D.M. Tuttle. 1994. A Guide to the spider mites (Tetranychidae) of the United States. Michigan, Indira, 347p.

[4] Brako, L.; A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and common names of 7000 vascular plants in the United States. APS Press, 295p.

[5] de Leon, D. 1957. Two new Eotetranychns and a new Oligonychus from Southern Florida. (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Florida Entomol. 40 (3):111-113.

[6] Flechtmann, C.H.W. 1981. A small collection of spider mites from Jaguanum Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with description of Aponychus insularis (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Internat. Jour. Acarol. 7 (1/4):87-90.