Spider Mites Web

A comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae

 

How to cite / Publication

Alain MIGEON and Franck DORKELD (current year) Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. Available from https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/spmweb (Accessed DD/MM/YYYY)

Alain Migeon, Elodie Nouguier, Franck Dorkeld (2011) Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. Trends in Acarology: 557-560

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Recently added feature

We now display all the literature recorded for each species [with keywords] (see an example here).

New website

We are pleased to release a new version of the website. This update ensures that our site is now user-friendly and responsive, adapting seamlessly to various devices, including computers, tablets, and smartphones. Alongside a refreshed design, we've enhanced the database engine to facilitate easier updates, improve user experience, and ensure smoother navigation. Furthermore, we've also added a new scale for map display. Additional improvements and modifications are planned. We hope you'll enjoy this new version.

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Aims and scope

Welcome to Spider Mites Web, a dedicated resource for comprehensive information on spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). One of the specificity of these mites is to spin webs for their protection. This family of mites currently includes 1356 phytophagous species ranging from 200 to 900 µm. They form an important group with regard to agriculture, with over a hundred being considered pests, and approximately ten classified as major pests. Among them, the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch., stands out as the most well-known and widespread.

The aim of these pages is to provide comprehensive information on all the spider mites in the world: the taxonomic data relating the history of nomenclature; the geographical distribution (with maps) and the host plants details. All this knowledge provides a synthetic view of the biodiversity of these mites. 2035 references spanning from 1758 to present are included.

Navigating the database is made easy through the top menu. We offer three types of queries to suit your needs. For each species you can display the record with all the nomenclature, host-plants, distribution and distribution map. By clicking on Search Species you can conduct searches based on species names, valid or invalid. Search Taxon allows you to perfrom search by any taxon name (genus, species or combination). Advanced Search empowers you to conduct cross-searches, encompassing taxonomical, geographical, and host-plant information. Finally, Search Reference allows you to search references by authors.

The database was originally developed by Alain Migeon (Email: alain.migeon<remove-this-part>@inrae<remove-this-part>.fr) from a work initiated by Jean Gutierrez. We encourage the users to read the homage to Jean Gutierrez available here.

We invite you to explore and utilize Spider Mites Web. This database is designed to serve the entire scientific community and is the result of collaboration with colleagues who generously shared their work. Its growth depends on the collective contributions of individuals like you, so we welcome your questions, comments, criticisms, and publications. Contact Alain Migeon at (Email: alain.migeon<remove-this-part>@inrae<remove-this-part>.fr).

We would like to extend our gratitude to H. Bolland, J. Gutierrez, and C.H.W. Flechtmann for their synthetic work published in 1998, the World Catalogue of the Spider Mite Family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Brill, Leiden, 392 pp., still essential. A heartfelt thank you goes out to Jean Gutierrez and Carlos H.W. Flechtmann for their invaluable guidance and support throughout this endeavor.

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Database last update: 21 March 2024
1356 valid species recorded
2035 references
17829 host records on 4033 different plants
9112 geographic distribution records

Spider Mites Web has a total of 861 (19 March 2024) Google Scholar citations.

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