Girling, D.J., Bennett, F.D., Yasseen, M., 1978.
Biological control of the green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acarina: Tetranychidae) in Africa. Brekelbaum, T., Bellotti, A., Lozano, J.C., Proceedings of the Cassava Protection Workshop, CIAT, Cali, Colombia: 165-170.
Abstract
Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar), a Neotropical mite that attacks cassava in Uganda [see RAE/A 62, 4803, etc.], has spread rapidly, by the end of 1973 the whole of Uganda was infested. It was found in northern Tanzania and western Kenya in 1974. It is now known to be in Burundi and eastern Zaire, and is probably in southern Sudan and possibly the Congo. The predacious staphylinid Oligota sp., mite Typhlodromus sp., coccinellid Stethorus sp. and anthocorid Orius sp. soon became established on the mite infestations in Uganda but have not so far been reported elsewhere. Of 6 natural enemies of cassava mites reported from Trinidad, a phytoseiid mite and Oligota minuta Cam. were the most important. O. minuta was introduced into Kenya and mass released in January-March 1977 for the biological control of M. tanajoa
