Manson, D.C.M., 1963.
Mites of the families Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae associated with citrus in South East Asia. Acarologia, 5 (3): 351-364.

Abstract
During 1961-62 while studying plant feeding mites at the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., the opportunity arose to examine a series of mites of the families Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae which were collected in south east Asia by C. A. FLESCHNER of the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California. These were collected on citrus in India, Burma, Nepal, Thailand and Hong Kong, the areas visited being shown on the map in fig. r. Sixteen species were collected of which three are new and two possibly new. Descriptions of these are included. Very little is known of the mites of this area, and distribution and host records are given for all species, new locality records occurring in many cases.


  • Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Other biological features

  • Nomenclatural data

  • Eotetranychus mandensis Manson, 1963; Eotetranychus pamelae Manson, 1963;
  • Panonychus elongatus Manson, 1963;
  • Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst, 1924.

  • Identification tools


    Host data (12 results)

  • Eotetranychus africanus Meyer, 1987 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.]; Eotetranychus kankitus Ehara, 1955 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.]; Eotetranychus mandensis Manson, 1963 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.]; Eotetranychus pamelae Manson, 1963 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.];
  • Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein, 1936) [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.];
  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) biharensis (Hirst, 1924) [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.];
  • Panonychus citri (McGregor, 1916) [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.]; Panonychus elongatus Manson, 1963 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.];
  • Schizotetranychus baltazarae Rimando, 1962 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.];
  • Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst, 1924 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.]; Tetranychus neocaledonicus AndrĂ©, 1933 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Rutaceae: Citrus sp.].

  • Distribution data (21 results)

  • Eotetranychus kankitus Ehara, 1955 [Oriental: India; Nepal]; Eotetranychus mandensis Manson, 1963 [Oriental: India]; Eotetranychus pamelae Manson, 1963 [Oriental: India];
  • Eutetranychus africanus (Tucker, 1926) [Oriental: India]; Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein, 1936) [Oriental: India; Thailand];
  • Oligonychus (Reckiella) biharensis (Hirst, 1924) [Oriental: Thailand];
  • Panonychus citri (McGregor, 1916) [Oriental: China; India; Nepal]; Panonychus elongatus Manson, 1963 [Oriental: Myanmar; Thailand];
  • Schizotetranychus baltazarae Rimando, 1962 [Oriental: China; India; Myanmar];
  • Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst, 1924 [Oriental: India; Thailand]; Tetranychus neocaledonicus AndrĂ©, 1933 [Australasian: New Zealand; Oriental: India]; Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1835 [Oriental: India].

  • Other biological features