A newly available database of an important family of phytophagous mites: Tenuipalpidae Database

Abstract

This paper announces a database on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of mites of the family Tenuipalpidae Berlese (Acari: Tetranychoidea), available online at https://www.tenuipalpidae.ibilce.unesp.br/. In the Tenuipalpidae Database the recorded world distribution and range of host plants are provided for each tenuipalpid species, including synonyms, with a list of all relevant publications.

Theobroma cacao, a new host for Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in Peru

“…Phytophagous mites of the genus Brevipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), commonly referred to as flat mites or false spider mites, are an emerging pest of agricultural and ornamental crops. Currently, about 318 species of the genus Brevipalpus have been described (Castro et al 2020). Some Brevipalpus species are major plant pests because of their ability to transmit viruses to several economically important fruit trees, including citrus (Kitajima et al 2010; FreitasAstúa et al 2018, passion fruit (Kitajima et al 2003), and coffee (Chagas et al 2003).…”

“…Some Brevipalpus species are major plant pests because of their ability to transmit viruses to several economically important fruit trees, including citrus (Kitajima et al 2010; FreitasAstúa et al 2018, passion fruit (Kitajima et al 2003), and coffee (Chagas et al 2003). Brevipalpus yothersi Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is reported from 33 countries (Castro et al 2020). It was first described by Baker (1949) from females and nymphs collected on privet, Ligustrum sp.…”

“…Ochoa et al (1994) recorded Brevipalpus phoenicis s.l. (Geijskes) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) on cocoa Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) in Central America, and five Tenuipalpidae species have been reported on cocoa (Castro et al 2020).…”

First record of Cenopalpus officinalis Papaioannou-Souliotis (Tenuipalpidae) for Israel, Italy and Mexico

“…Obligatory phytophagous mites belonging to the family Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913(Castro et al 2015; Beard et al 2018, are cosmopolitan in distribution, containing several economically important pest species. Within the family, Cenopalpus is an important genus with 71 described species (Castro et al 2020). In the last two decades, researchers reported new records and species of this genus in several countries, including Bulgaria (Trencheva and Trenchev 2018), Georgia (Arabuli and Kvavadze 2013), Greece (Hatzinikolis et al 2001), Hungary (Ueckermann and Ripka 2016; Kontschán et al 2020), India (Mitra et al 2018, Iran (Rahmani et al 2008; Khanjani et al 2012; Ardali et al 2014, Japan (Negm et al 2020), Pakistan (Hasan et al 2004; Iqbal et al 2007, Syria (Barbar 2016; Barbar 2018; Zeity and Srinivasa 2019, Turkey (Sağlam and Cobanoğlu 2010; Cobanoğlu et al 2016; Cobanoğlu et al 2019 and the United States (Bajwa et al 2001).…”

Diversidade e controle biológico de ácaros em bananeiras em diferentes regiões do estado de São Paulo

“…Cosmopolites sordidus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), que é a praga mais frequente de bananeira no Brasil, Metamasius hemipterus Oliver (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Chaudhri (BEARD et al, 2018) e Raoiella cocosae (Rimando) (MESA et al, 2009). No entanto, ainda há suspeita de que a espécie Raoiella pandanae Mohanasundaram descrita como distinta, corresponde na verdade a R. indica (CASTRO et al, 2020 BARROSO et al, 2019); demostrando assim sua rápida expansão pelas diferentes regiões do território brasileiro.…”