Agudelo-Silva, P., 1986.
A species of Triplosporium (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) infecting Mononychelus progressivus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Venezuela. Florida Entomologist, 69 (2): 444-446.

Abstract
The tetranychid Mononychellus progresivus is considered an economic pest of cassava in Venezuela during the dry season. Dead individuals observed in a cassava plot under investigation for plant resistance to this species were found to have been invaded by a fungus that appeared similar to Triplosporium floridanum infecting Eutetranychus banksi in Florida, to a species of the same genus infecting Tetranychus evansi in Brazil. The Venezuelan fungus is described, and measurements of its structures are compared in a table with those of the other 2 isolates.

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  • Mononychellus progresivus Doreste, 1981 [Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta].

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  • Mononychellus progresivus Doreste, 1981 [Neotropical: Venezuela].

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