Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)

Akyazı, Rana, Welbourn, Cal & Liburd, Oscar E., 2021, Mite species (Acari) on blackberry cultivars in organic and conventional farms in Florida and Georgia, USA, Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 31-45 : 38-39

Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)

Acarus translucens Green

Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)

Acarus translucens Green

Hemitarsonemus latus Banks

Tarsonemus translucens Green

Avrosita translucens Oudemans

Tarsonemus latus Banks

Tarsonemus phaseoli Bondar

Neotarsonemus latus Smiley Material examined (n=10; 5 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂) — 1♀ Ouachita, 1♂ Osage (29°32 ′ 35.80 ″

N, 82°5 ′ 7.34 ″ W, 28 m, 11 August 2016, Organic Farm); 1♂ (29°32 ′ 35.80 ″ N, 82°5 ′ 7.34 ″

W, 28 m, 28 June 2016, Ouachita, Organic Farm); 1♂ (30°54 ′ 18.31 ″ N, 82°38 ′ 51.06 ″ W,

46 m, 18 August 2016, Ouachita, Conventional Farm); 1♀ Osage, 1♀ Von (28°34 ′ 5.62 ″ N, 81°41 ′ 22.17 ″ W 24 m, 25 August 2016, Organic Farm); 1♂ (31°22 ′ 49.19 ″ N, 83°19 ′ 8.57 ″ W,

89 m, 22 September 2016, Ouachita, Conventional Farm), 1♀ (28°57 ′ 13.97 ″ N, 82°1 ′ 49.14 ″

W, 30 m, 12 July 2016, Ouachita, Conventional Farm); 1♂ (30°54 ′ 18.31 ″ N, 82°38 ′ 51.06 ″ W,

46 m, 21 July 2016, Osage, Conventional Farm). 1♀ (31°22 ′ 49.19 ″ N, 83°19 ′ 8.57 ″ W, 89 m,

21 July 2016, Natchez, Conventional Farm).

Comments — Polyphagotarsonemus latus is distributed worldwide and has a wide host range ( Fasulo 2019 ; Azzazy and Alhewairini 2018; Gerson 1992 ; Johnson et al. 2016 ; Pena and Campel 2005). It was first described by Banks (1904) as Tarsonemus latus from the terminal buds of mango in a greenhouse in Washington, D.C., USA ( Denmark 1980 ; Fasulo 2019). This mite was recently found in multiple states in the US causing yield reductions in blackberries ( Johnson et al. 2016 ; Lefors et al. 2017). Vincent et al. (2010) reported it on blackberry in organic production in Arkansas. Rebek (2017) detected it in Oklahoma Blackberry orchards. Demchak and Johnson (2017) noticed that it has been problematic for blackberry growers in Pennsylvania. Rebek (2017) also found it on blackberries in Oklahoma. Finally, in 2017, this mite has been detected on blackberries in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, and Oklahoma ( Rebek 2017). Renkema et al. (2017) recorded it from commercial strawberries in Florida. It is also considered a serious pest of Pittosporum spp. (Pittosporaceae) in Florida ( Johnson and Lyon 1991). Pena et al. (2000) observed P. latus on citrus.