Brevipalpus californicus (Banks)

Gupta, S. K. & Bose, Sayani, 2017, Mites (Acari) on medicinal plants in South Bengal, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 154-181 : 161

31. Brevipalpus californicus (Banks)

Tenuipalpus californicus Banks, 1904 , J. NY. Ent. Soc., 12: 55.

Brevipalpus californicus, Smith-Meyer, 1979 , Ent. Mem.Dept. Agr. Tech. Serv. No., 50: 81-90.

Brevipalpus californicus, Ghai & Shenhmar, 1984 , Oriental Ins., 18: 128.

Brevipalpus californicus, Gupta & Mandal, 2015 , Mem. Zool. Surv. India, 22 (2): 15-16.

Collection data: Several ♀, Hooghly, Balagarh, ex. Ficus hispida , 02.09.2014; 4♀, Bankura , Vishnupur, ex. Piper longum , 05.02.2015; 9♀, Bardhaman, Durgapur, ex., 03.05.2015; 2♀ and 1♂, Narendrapur, ex. Pterocarpus santalinus , 04.05.2015; 4♀, Howrah, Udaynarayanpur, ex. Barleria cristata , Ocimum , Mentha arvensis 05.05.2015; several ♀ and ♂, South 24 Parganas, Narendrapur, ex. Artemisia nilagirica , Justicia adhatoda , 10.10.2015; 2♀, Nadia, Kalyani, ex. Citrus reticulata , 02.11.2015.

Remarks: On Artemisia nilagirica , the feeding produced brownish patches on leaves. But on the other hosts yellowish spots appeared at the points of feeding.