Tetranychus escolasticae Paschoal, 1970

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus

Accepted name

Tetranychus escolasticae Paschoal, 1970. Paschoal (1970a): 48.

Original description

Tetranychus escolasticae Paschoal, 1970. Paschoal (1970a): 48.

Type host: Caladium bicolor. Type distribution: Brazil, Paraguay.

Summary

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

         Tetranychus escolasticae Paschoal, 1970. Valid nomenclatural act Paschoal (1970a): 48. Type host: Caladium bicolor. Type distribution: Brazil, Paraguay.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Paschoal (1970a)

    Hosts (7 plants, 6 references)


    Araceae: Caladium bicolor Paschoal (1970a) Flechtmann (1976b)
    Asteraceae: Vernonanthura divaricata
    Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta Doreste (1984a)
    Solanaceae: Nicotiana glauca Fiaboe et al. (2007) Solanum grandiflorum Fiaboe et al. (2007) Solanum melongena Migeon (2015) Solanum paniculatum Fiaboe et al. (2007)

    Distribution (3 countries, 6 references)


    Neotropical: Brazil Paschoal (1970a) Flechtmann (1976b) Fiaboe et al. (2007) Paraguay Paschoal (1970b) Suriname Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015)

    Literature (7 references in chronological order)


    Paschoal (1970a) Contribuicao ao conhecimento da familia Tetranychidae no Brasil (Arachnida : Acarina). PhD Thesis. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, Universitat Sao Paulo, Brasil: 116 p [description; distribution; host]
    Paschoal (1970b) New Brazilian spider mites (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Anais da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 27: 439-455 [distribution]
    Flechtmann (1976b) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil: an emendation. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 20 (2): 115-116 [distribution; host]
    Doreste (1984a) Spider mites as important pest of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Griffiths, D.A., Bowman, C.E., Acarology VI, Ellis Horwod Limited, Chichester, 2: 761-769 [host]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
    Fiaboe et al. (2007) Surveys for natural enemies of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in northeastern, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 1395: 33-58 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]