Vargas, C., Merayo, A., Aguilar, H., 1996.
Identificacion de acaros en coberturas vivas y malezas en Costa Rica. Manejo Integrado de Plagas, 40-43.

Abstract
Five plant species used as cover crops, 14 weeds from four locations in Costa Rica were sampled. The following mites were identified: the tenuipalpid Brevipalpus sp. and the tetranychids Mononychellus planki, Oligonychus gossypii, O. mcgregori, Tetranychina harti, Tetranychus desertorum, T. ludeni, T. marianae and T. urticae. Two unidentified predatory phytoseiids were found in two of the samples.

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  • Oligonychus (Oligonychus) yothersi (McGregor, 1914) [Musaceae: Musa x paradisiaca];
  • Tetranychus desertorum Banks, 1900 [Fabaceae: Delonix regia]; Tetranychus mexicanus (McGregor, 1950) [Pittosporaceae: Pittosporum tobira]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Asteraceae: Cosmos bipinnatus; Bignoniaceae: Pyrostegia venusta; Euphorbiaceae: Codiaeum variegatum; Hydrangeaceae: Hydrangea macrophylla; Petiveriaceae: Petiveria alliacea; Plumbaginaceae: Plumbago auriculata; Verbenaceae: Duranta erecta].

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