“…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.…”