Tetranychus abacae Baker & Pritchard, 1962

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus

Accepted name

Tetranychus abacae Baker & Pritchard, 1962. Baker & Pritchard (1962): 329.

Original description

Tetranychus abacae Baker & Pritchard, 1962. Baker & Pritchard (1962): 329.

Type host: Musa textilis, Musa x paradisiaca. Type distribution: Costa Rica, Honduras.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Tetranychus abacae Baker & Pritchard, 1962. Valid nomenclatural act Baker & Pritchard (1962): 329. Type host: Musa textilis, Musa x paradisiaca. Type distribution: Costa Rica, Honduras.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Baker & Pritchard (1962)


    Complementary description and illustration literature (1 reference)
    Flechtmann (1996a)

    Hosts (5 plants, 13 references)


    Heliconiaceae: Heliconia bihai Mesa & Zuluaga (1983) Flechtmann (1996a)
    Musaceae: Musa acuminata Mesa & Zuluaga (1983) Flechtmann (1996a) Musa sp. Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Vasconcelos et al. (2004) Aguilar & Murillo (2008) Lopes Ribeiro et al. (2009) Flechtmann (2020a) Musa textilis Baker & Pritchard (1962) Musa x paradisiaca Baker & Pritchard (1962) Doreste (1968) Urueta (1975) Salas (1978) Abreu et al. (1987) Escobar-Garcia & Andrade (2021)

    Distribution (7 countries, 10 references)


    Neotropical: Brazil Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Vasconcelos et al. (2004) Lopes Ribeiro et al. (2009) Flechtmann (2020a) Colombia Urueta (1975) Costa Rica Baker & Pritchard (1962) Salas (1978) Aguilar & Murillo (2008) Honduras Baker & Pritchard (1962) Peru Escobar-Garcia & Andrade (2021) Puerto Rico Abreu et al. (1987) Venezuela Baker & Pritchard (1962)

    Literature (13 references in chronological order)


    Baker & Pritchard (1962) Arañas rojas de América Central (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 23: 309-340 [description; distribution; host]
    Doreste (1968) Primera lista de acaros de importancia agricola en Venezuela. Agronomia Tropical, 18 (4): 449-460 [host]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1975) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 19: 111-122 [distribution; host]
    Urueta (1975) Aranas rojas (Acarina: Tetranychidae) del Departamento de Antioquia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 1: 1-14 [distribution; host]
    Salas (1978) Algunas notas sobre las arañitas rojas (Tetranychidae: Acari) halladas en Costa Rica. Agronomia Costarricense, 2: 47-59 [distribution; host]
    Mesa & Zuluaga (1983) Revision analitica de la literatura sobre acarologia agricola de Colombia. Palmira, Columbia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Faculdad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, 33 pp [host]
    Abreu et al. (1987) New records of mites for Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 71: 399-402 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann (1996a) Rediscovery of Tetranychus abacae Baker & Pritchard, additional description and notes on South American spider mites (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13: 569-578 [description; host; illustration]
    Vasconcelos et al. (2004) Effects of different temperatures on the development and reproduction of Tetranychus abacae Baker and Pritchard (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Musa sp. cv. Prata. Neotropical Entomology, 33 (2): 149-154 [distribution; host]
    Aguilar & Murillo (2008) New hosts and records of plant feeding mites for Costa Rica: interval 2002-2008. Agronomia Costarricense, 32: 7-28 [distribution; host]
    Lopes Ribeiro et al. (2009) Host range of Neozygites floridana isolates (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) to spider mites. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 102: 196-202 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann (2020a) Spider mites, host plants, new records for Brazil (Acari: Tetranychidae). Entomological Communications, 2: ec02004 [distribution; host]
    Escobar-Garcia & Andrade (2021) Preliminary survey, diversity, and population density of mites in banana, Musa AAA (Cavendish subgroup) cv. Williams in Peru. International Journal of Acarology, 47 (2): 170-173 [distribution; field; host; pest]