Tetranychus desertorum Banks

Flechtmann, Carlos H. W. & Etienne, Jean, 2002, New records of plant mites (Acari, Acaridae, Tetranychidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante with descriptions of five new eriophyid species, Zootaxa 47, pp. 1-16 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.155892
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6278214
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scientific name	Tetranychus desertorum Banks
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Tetranychus desertorum Banks, 1900: 229 .

Specimens examined: four females, two males, together with Mononychellus planki , from the same plant and location.

The females of this mite are carmine. The mites develop on the lower surface of older leaves and were observed in small numbers.

References

Banks, N. (1900) The red spiders of the United States (Tetranychus and Stigmaeus). United States Department of Agriculture Division of Entomology Technical Series, 8, 65 - 77.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Tetranychidae
Genus	Tetranychus

Tetranychus desertorum Banks

Flechtmann, Carlos H. W. & Etienne, Jean 2002

2002

Tetranychus desertorum

Banks 1900: 229

1900

Specimens