New Brazilian spider mites (Acarina: Tetranychidae)

Abstract

Seven species of spider mites namely, Tetranyohus (T.) paschoali Paschoal, 1970, Tetranyohus (T.) esoolastioae Paschoal, 1970, Tetranyohus (T.) zamithi Paschoal, 1970, Oligonyohus (0.) anonae Paschoal, 1970, Mononyohus bondari Paschoal, 1970, Mononyohus ohemosetosus Paschoal, 1970, and Allonyohus reisi Paschoal, 1970, are described. The male allotype of Allonychus braziliensis (McGregor, 1950) is described and the female redescribed. These species were described as new in a thesis submited to Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", University of São Paulo, Brazil, on June 13, 1970.

South American Spider Mites: New Hosts and Localities

“…Paschoal (1970a, 1970b) described this species from samples collected from soursop ( Annona. muricata ) in the state of São Paulo.…”

“…This species was reported in São Paulo on soursop ( A. muricata ) (Annonaceae) (Paschoal 1970) and was collected from Lauraceae plants ( Persea americana Mill.,) and Vitaceae ( Vitis vinifera L. ) in Brazil ( Paschoal 1970a ). Annona squamosa (sweetsop) is a new host for the O. anonae.…”

“…This is the first report of T. desertorum on eggplant ( S. Melongena ) in South America previously registered in Japan by Ehara ( 1956 ). Infestations of T. desertorum in Brazil were registered on Acnistus cauliflorus ( Flechtmann 1967 ),; Brugmansia suaveolens ( Furtado et al 2006 ),; Brunfelsia sp , ( Flechtmann 2004 ),; Lycopersicon esculentum ( Flechtmann 1967 ), and Solanum tuberosum ( Paschoal 1970a ).…”

“…Among the early findings was the report of Tetranychus gloveri Banks 1900 and the description of Mononychellus tanajoa ( Bondar 1938 ) based on specimens collected in Brazil by G Bondar, a Russian researcher living in the state of Bahia ( Bondar 1930 , 1938 ). In the 1960s numerous contributions were made by pioneers in agricultural mite studies in Brazil, such as CHW Flechtmann ( Flechtmann 1967 , 1967a , 1967b , 1972 , 1975 , 1976 ; Flechtmann and Baker 1970 , 1975 ) and AD Paschoal (Paschoal 1970, 1970a ), followed by RJF Feres in subsequent decades ( Feres 1986 , 1992 ; Feres and Flechtmann 1986 , 1986a , 1988 , 1995 , 1995a , 1995b ). From that time forward these and other researchers have conducted major studies on tetranychids in several fields such as taxonomy, ecology, biology, control, and resistance, bringing important advances to knowledge of Brazilian tetranychids.…”