Ferreira M.A., Carmona M.M., 1994.
Acarofauna do feijoeiro em Portugal. Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas, 20 (1): 111-118.

Abstract
In studies carried out in Portugal on the acarofauna of Phaseolus, 70% of the samples were found to support mite populations and 18 species of phytophagous and predacious mites were identified. Members of the Tetranychidae were predominant, especially Tetranychus cinnabarinus and T. ludeni. The most frequently found predacious mites were Phytoseiulus persimilis and Amblyseius californicus [Neoseiulus californicus].


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    Host data (5 results)

  • Panonychus ulmi (Koch, 1836) [Fabaceae: Phaseolus vulgaris];
  • Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida, 1927 [Fabaceae: Phaseolus vulgaris]; Tetranychus ludeni Zacher, 1913 [Fabaceae: Phaseolus vulgaris]; Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolskii, 1937) [Fabaceae: Phaseolus vulgaris]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Fabaceae: Phaseolus vulgaris].

  • Distribution data (5 results)

  • Panonychus ulmi (Koch, 1836) [Palearctic: Portugal];
  • Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida, 1927 [Palearctic: Portugal]; Tetranychus ludeni Zacher, 1913 [Palearctic: Portugal]; Tetranychus turkestani (Ugarov & Nikolskii, 1937) [Palearctic: Portugal]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Palearctic: Portugal].

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