Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus

Accepted name

Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900. Banks (1900): 76.

Original description

Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900. Banks (1900): 76.

Type host: Gossypium sp.. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

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  • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Tetranychus antillarum Banks, 1917. Synonym description Banks (1917): 194. Type host: Leonotis nepetifolia. Type distribution: Puerto Rico.
    Tetranychus antillarum Banks, 1917. Synonymy by Boudreaux (1979): 397.

         Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900. Valid nomenclatural act Banks (1900): 76. Type host: Gossypium sp.. Type distribution: United States.

         Tetranychus okinawanus Ehara, 1995. Synonym description Ehara (1995): 229. Type host: Ipomoea batatas, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pueraria montana, Solanum nigrum. Type distribution: Japan.
    Tetranychus okinawanus Ehara, 1995. Synonymy by Sharkey et al. (2022): 258.

         Tetranychus quinquenychus McGregor, 1914. Synonym description McGregor (1914): 358. Type host: Ricinus communis. Type distribution: United States.
    Septanychus quinquenychus McGregor, 1914. New combination McGregor (1919): 664.
    Tetranychus quinquenychus McGregor, 1914. Synonymy by Boudreaux (1979): 397.

         Septanychus tumidus Banks, 1900. Misidentification Womersley (1942): 87.


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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Banks (1900)
    [Synonym description] Banks (1917) Ehara (1995) McGregor (1914)

    Molecular data literature (2 references)
    Majeed et al. (2023) Sharkey et al. (2022) Sharkey et al. (2022)

    Hosts (216 plants, 49 references)


    Acanthaceae: Thunbergia alata Ohno et al. (2010)
    Alismataceae: Hydrocleys nymphoides Ohno et al. (2010)
    Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus cruentus Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Amaranthus dubius Flechtmann et al. (1999) Amaranthus sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999) Ohno et al. (2010) Ho et al. (2011) Sanchez et al. (2014) Amaranthus spinosus Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Amaranthus viridis Ohno et al. (2011b) Beta sp. Jeppson et al. (1975)
    Amaryllidaceae: Hymenocallis littoralis Seeman & Beard (2011)
    Anacardiaceae: Mangifera indica Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Apiaceae: Apium graveolens Jeppson et al. (1975) Centella asiatica Ohno et al. (2010) Daucus carota Ohno et al. (2010) Eryngium foetidum Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Peucedanum japonicum Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010)
    Apocynaceae: Adenium obesum Zeity et al. (2016a) Zeity et al. (2017) Prakash et al. (2022) Mattupurath et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Asclepias curassavica Banks (1917) Ohno et al. (2010) Ho et al. (2011) Migeon (2015) Calotropis gigantea Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Calotropis procera Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Hoya sp. Sharkey et al. (2022) Rauvolfia viridis Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
    Araceae: Alocasia sp. Ohno et al. (2010) Anthurium sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999) Caladium bicolor Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Colocasia esculenta Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Ohno et al. (2009) Migeon (2015) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Colocasia sp. Navajas et al. (1996) Xanthosoma robustum Xanthosoma sagittifolium Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
    Araliaceae: Schefflera sp.
    Arecaceae: Arecaceae sp. Jeppson et al. (1975) Flechtmann & Etienne (2000) Chamaedorea sp. Cocos nucifera Flechtmann et al. (1999) Zurcher et al. (2003) Sharkey et al. (2022) Livistona sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999) Phoenix sp. Anonymous (1994) Roystonea regia
    Asparagaceae: Dracaena fragrans Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Polianthes tuberosa
    Asteraceae: Ageratum conyzoides Ohno et al. (2010) Ageratum houstonianum Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011b) Arctium lappa Ohno et al. (2009) Aster subulatus Ohno et al. (2010) Bidens pilosa Gotoh et al. (1996b) Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Ohno et al. (2010) Ho et al. (2011) Ohno et al. (2011b) Bidens sp. Arimoto et al. (2013) Centaurea cyanus Chrysanthemum indicum Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Chrysanthemum sp. Prakash et al. (2022) Conyza sumatrensis Ohno et al. (2010) Cosmos bipinnatus Ohno et al. (2010) Cosmos sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999) Crassocephalum crepidioides Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011b) Crepidiastrum lanceolatum Ohno et al. (2009) Cynara cardunculus Ohno et al. (2009) Dahlia coccinea Dahlia pinnata Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Dahlia sp. Jeppson et al. (1975) Dahlia x hortensis Ohno et al. (2010) Emilia sonchifolia Ohno et al. (2010) Gerbera jamesonii Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Gerbera sp. Prakash et al. (2022) Helianthus annuus Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Lactuca indica Ohno et al. (2010) Lactuca sativa Ohno et al. (2009) Liatris spicata Ohno et al. (2010) Parthenium hysterophorus Flechtmann et al. (1999) Sonchus sp. Gotoh et al. (1996b) Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Synedrella nodiflora Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Tagetes erecta Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Tagetes sp. Flechtmann & Etienne (2003) Ohno et al. (2010) Wollastonia biflora Ohno et al. (2010) Youngia japonica Ohno et al. (2010) Zinnia elegans Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
    Balsaminaceae: Balsaminaceae sp. Prakash et al. (2022) Impatiens balsamina Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Betulaceae: Betula sp.
    Bignoniaceae: Tabebuia lepidophylla
    Brassicaceae: Brassica oleracea Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Caricaceae: Carica papaya Paschoal (1970a) Mendonça et al. (2011b) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Combretaceae: Terminalia catappa Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Commelinaceae: Commelina diffusa Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea aquatica Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea batatas Ehara (1995) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea biflora Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea cairica Ohno et al. (2010) Prakash et al. (2022) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Ipomoea carnea Ipomoea grandifolia Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea indica Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea nil Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea pes-caprae Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea sp. Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Merremia aegyptia Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Cucurbitaceae: Benincasa hispida Ohno et al. (2010) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Citrullus lanatus Ohno et al. (2009) Cucumis melo Ohno et al. (2009) Cucumis sativus Ohno et al. (2009) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Cucurbita moschata Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Diplocyclos palmatus Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011b) Luffa cylindrica Ohno et al. (2009) Momordica charantia Ohno et al. (2009) Sechium edule Ohno et al. (2009) Sicyos edulis Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum acrostichoides Flechtmann & Hunter (1971)
    Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha australis Ohno et al. (2010) Acalypha wilkesiana Codiaeum sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999) Euphorbia milii Euphorbia tithymaloides Flechtmann et al. (1999) Mallotus japonicus Ohno et al. (2010) Manihot esculenta Yaseen & Bennett (1977) Anonymous (1999) Migeon (2015) Melanolepis multiglandulosa Ohno et al. (2010) Ricinus communis McGregor (1914) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Fabaceae: Albizia lebbeck Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Arachis hypogaea Ohno et al. (2009) Bauhinia sp. Ohno et al. (2010) Calopogonium mucunoides Flechtmann et al. (1999) Canavalia sp. Ohno et al. (2010) Centrosema plumieri Crotalaria juncea Ohno et al. (2010) Dolichos sp. Bondar (1930) Erythrina sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999) Erythrina variegata Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011a) Flemingia strobilifera Flechtmann et al. (1999) Glycine max Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Lablab purpureus Paschoal (1970a) Ohno et al. (2009) Macroptilium lathyroides Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Medicago lupulina Ohno et al. (2010) Phaseolus lunatus Bondar (1930) Phaseolus sp. Paschoal (1970a) Phaseolus vulgaris Bondar (1930) Ehara (1995) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Matsuda et al. (2013) Pisum sativum Jeppson et al. (1975) Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Pueraria montana Ehara (1995) Gotoh et al. (1996b) Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Gotoh et al. (2007e) Ohno et al. (2010) Matsuda et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Sharkey et al. (2022) Vigna angularis Ohno et al. (2009) Vigna marina Ohno et al. (2010) Vigna radiata Ohno et al. (2009) Vigna sp. Bondar (1930) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Vigna unguiculata Paschoal (1970a) Ohno et al. (2009) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Gentianaceae: Exacum tetragonum Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Goodeniaceae: Scaevola taccada Ohno et al. (2010)
    Lamiaceae: Callicarpa japonica Ohno et al. (2010) Holmskioldia sanguinea Flechtmann & Etienne (2006) Leonotis nepetifolia Banks (1917) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Leonurus sibiricus Mentha sp. Jeppson et al. (1975) Ocimum basilicum Ohno et al. (2009) Ocimum tenuiflorum Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Perilla frutescens Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Salvia splendens Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
    Lauraceae: Persea americana Jeppson et al. (1975)
    Liliaceae: Lilium sp. Sabater-Muñoz et al. (2012)
    Malvaceae: Abelmoschus esculentus Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Ohno et al. (2009) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Abelmoschus moschatus Flechtmann et al. (1999) Abutilon indicum Alcea rosea Althaea nudiflora Ho et al. (2011) Gossypium barbadense Gossypium herbaceum Paschoal (1970a) Gossypium hirsutum Doreste (1967) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Gossypium sp. Banks (1900) Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994) Anonymous (1999) Sharkey et al. (2022) Guazuma ulmifolia Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Hibiscus cannabinus Hibiscus mutabilis Ohno et al. (2010) Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Ohno et al. (2010) Majeed et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Melochia corchorifolia Ohno et al. (2010) Sida acuta Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Sida rhombifolia
    Marantaceae: Maranta arundinacea Maranta sp. Jeppson et al. (1975) Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Moraceae: Artocarpus heterophyllus Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Morus alba Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011a) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Musaceae: Musa sp. Flechtmann & Etienne (2000) Flechtmann & Etienne (2003) Swathi & Bhaskar (2024) Musa x paradisiaca Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Schmutterer et al. (1990) Anonymous (1999) Migeon (2015) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Nyctaginaceae: Bougainvillea sp. Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Orchidaceae: Dendrobium sp. Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Orchidaceae sp. Prakash et al. (2022) Vanda wightii Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Oxalidaceae: Biophytum sensitivum Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Oxalis corniculata Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Passifloraceae: Turnera sp.
    Petiveriaceae: Rivina humilis Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Phyllanthaceae: Phyllanthus amarus Ohno et al. (2011b)
    Phytolaccaceae: Phytolacca sp. Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
    Piperaceae: Peperomia pellucida Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Piper retrofractum Ohno et al. (2010)
    Pittosporaceae: Pittosporum tobira Sharkey et al. (2022)
    Poaceae: Miscanthus sp. Ho et al. (2011) Saccharum officinarum Anonymous (1999) Setaria sp. Ohno et al. (2010) Stenotaphrum dimidiatum Womersley (1942) Zea mays Ohno et al. (2010)
    Pontederiaceae: Eichhornia crassipes Baker & Tuttle (1994) Ohno et al. (2010) Pontederia vaginalis Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Rosaceae: Fragaria sp. Fragaria x ananassa Ohno et al. (2009) Rosa sp. Prakash et al. (2022) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Rubiaceae: Paederia foetida Ohno et al. (2010)
    Rutaceae: Citrus sp. Murraya koenigii Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Murraya paniculata Ohno et al. (2010)
    Solanaceae: Brugmansia suaveolens Ohno et al. (2010) Capsicum annuum Ohno et al. (2009) Physalis pubescens Ohno et al. (2010) Solanum americanum Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011b) Solanum lycopersicum Ohno et al. (2009) Solanum melongena Jeppson et al. (1975) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011b) Suzuki et al. (2014) Solanum nigrum Ehara (1995) Solanum tuberosum
    Thymelaeaceae: Daphnopsis americana Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Tofieldiaceae: Triantha occidentalis
    Urticaceae: Cecropia peltata Flechtmann et al. (1999) Laportea aestuans Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Verbenaceae: Lippia alba Priva lappulacea Flechtmann et al. (1999)
    Viburnaceae: Sambucus javanica Ohno et al. (2010) Sambucus racemosa Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
    Zingiberaceae: Curcuma longa Ohno et al. (2009) Zingiber mioga Ohno et al. (2009)


    Distribution (25 countries, 54 references)


    Australasian: Australia Womersley (1942) Seeman & Beard (2011) French Polynesia Navajas et al. (1996) Migeon (2015) Guam McGregor (1950) Hawaiian Is. Garrett & Haramoto (1967) Northern Mariana Is. Gutierrez (1980)
    Nearctic: Mexico Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) United States Banks (1900) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Sabater-Muñoz et al. (2012) Sharkey et al. (2022)
    Neotropical: Bermuda Nyiira (1982) Brazil Bondar (1930) Mendonça et al. (2011b) Colombia Urueta (1975) Costa Rica Ochoa et al. (1991) Cuba Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Anonymous (1994) Dominican Republic Schmutterer et al. (1990) Anonymous (1999) Perez-Gelabert (2008) Sanchez et al. (2014) Guadeloupe Gutierrez & Etienne (1988) Flechtmann et al. (1999) Flechtmann & Etienne (2000) Flechtmann & Etienne (2003) Flechtmann & Etienne (2006) Migeon (2015) Honduras Ochoa et al. (1991) Martinique Flechtmann et al. (1999) Migeon (2015) Panama Baker & Pritchard (1962) Puerto Rico Banks (1917) Suriname Bolland et al. (1998) Trinidad and Tobago Byrne et al. (1983) Venezuela Doreste (1967) Zurita et al. (2016)
    Oriental: India Zeity et al. (2016a) Zeity et al. (2017) Prakash et al. (2022) Majeed et al. (2023) Mattupurath et al. (2023) Swathi & Bhaskar (2024) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Japan Ehara (1995) Gotoh et al. (1996b) Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Gotoh et al. (2007e) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2011a) Ohno et al. (2011b) Arimoto et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Suzuki et al. (2014) Sharkey et al. (2022) Taiwan Ho et al. (2011)
    Palearctic: Greece Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994) Japan Arimoto et al. (2013)


    Literature (63 references in chronological order)


    Banks (1900) The red spiders of the United States (Tetranychus, Stigmaeus). U.S.D.A. Division Entomology Technical Serie, 8: 65-77 [description; distribution; host]
    McGregor (1914) Four new tetranychids. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 7: 354-364 [description; host]
    Banks (1917) New mites, mostly economic (Arach., Acar.). Entomological News, 28: 193-199 [description; distribution; host]
    McGregor (1919) The red spiders of America and a few European species likely to be introduced. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 56: 641-679 [taxononmy]
    Bondar (1930) Insectos daminhoes e molestias dos feijões na Bahia. Boletim do Laboratorio de Pathologia Vegetal, 9: 1-83 [distribution; host]
    Womersley (1942) Miscellaneous additions to the acarine fauna of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 66: 85-92 [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [distribution]
    Baker & Pritchard (1962) Arañas rojas de América Central (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 23: 309-340 [distribution]
    Doreste (1967) Primera lista de acaros de importancia agricola en Venezuela. Servico Shell para el Agicultor. VII Reunion Latino Americana de Fitotecnia Alaf, Caracas, Venezuela, Fundacion Shell: 16 p [distribution; host]
    Garrett & Haramoto (1967) A catalog of Hawaiian Acarina. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 19: 381-414 [distribution]
    Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Arañas rojas de Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae).. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, 15: 61-133 [distribution]
    Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Preliminares acerca de los acaros Tetranicos de Cuba. Cuba, Centro Nacional Fitosanirario, 156 pp [distribution; host]
    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 [host]
    Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) The spider mites (Prostigmata : Tetranychidae) of Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 6: 16-30 [distribution; host]
    Jeppson et al. (1975) Mites injurious to economic plants. Berkeley, University of California Press: xxiv + 614 p [host]
    Urueta (1975) Aranas rojas (Acarina: Tetranychidae) del Departamento de Antioquia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 1: 1-14 [distribution]
    Yaseen & Bennett (1977) Distribution, biology and dynamics of the green cassava mite in the Neotropics. Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, 4th, Cali Colombia, IDRC, Ottawa, Canada: 197-202 [host]
    Boudreaux (1979) Confusion of names for the spider mites Tetranychus tumidus, T. gloveri. Rodrigues, J.G., Recent Adv. Acarol. Vol. II., Academic Press: 395-398 [taxononmy]
    Gutierrez (1980) Acarina of the genus Tetranychus injurious to economic plants in the tropical Indo-Pacific area. XVI International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan: 1-11 [distribution]
    Nyiira (1982) Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar): Implications, approach to its management. Okoli, O.O., Proceedings of the Internationnal Workshop Contr. cassava mealybug, green spider mite: 1-194 [distribution]
    Byrne et al. (1983) The cassava mites. Tropical Pest Management, 29: 378-394 [distribution]
    Gutierrez & Etienne (1988) Quelques données sur les acariens phytophages de la Martinique et de la Guadeloupe. Journées de la Protection des Végétaux dans les Départements d'Outre-Mer, Montpellier, France: 1-6 [distribution]
    Schmutterer et al. (1990) Crop pests in the Caribbean with particular reference to the Dominican Republic. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH: 640pp [distribution; host]
    Ochoa et al. (1991) Acaros fitofagos de America Central: guia ilustrada. Serie Técnica. Manual técnico, Turrialba, Costa Rica, CATIE: 251 p [distribution]
    Anonymous (1994) Tetranychus tumidus: a spider mite damaging Phoenix in a greenhouse. Annual Report, Diagnostic Centre, Plant Protection Service, Wageningen, Medelingen, 177: 37 [distribution; host]
    Baker & Tuttle (1994) A guide to the spider mites (Tetranychidae) of the United States. West Bloomfield, USA, Indira Publishing House: 347 pp [host]
    Papaioannou-Souliotis et al. (1994) Phytophagous mites, their predators observed on cultivated plants in Greece during 1975-1990. Annales de l'Institut Phytopathologique Benaki, (N.S.), 17: 35-87 [distribution; host]
    Ehara (1995) A new species of Tetranychus (Acari, Tetranychidae) from the Ryukyu Islands. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 63: 229-233 [description; distribution; host]
    Gotoh et al. (1996b) Tetranychid mites of Okinawa Island (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 5 (2): 89-97 [distribution; host]
    Navajas et al. (1996) Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I in tetranychid mites: a comparison between molecular phylogeny and changes of morphological and life history traits. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 86 (4): 407-417 [distribution; host]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
    Anonymous (1999) Indice de plagas, enfermedades y malezas de la splantas en la Republica Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, Instituto interamericano de Cooperacion para la Agricultura. Agencia de Cooperacion tecnica en la Republica Dominicana: 221pp [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann et al. (1999) Plant mites (Acari) of the French Antilles. 1. Tetranychoidea (Prostigmata). Acarologia, 40 (2): 137-144 [distribution; host]
    Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Diapause characteristics of some Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) mites of Okinawa island. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 8 (1): 51-54 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Etienne (2000) Plant mites from the French Antilles and French Guyana, with descriptions of two new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Eriophyidae). International Journal of Acarology, 26 (3): 257-263 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Etienne (2003) Two new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriphyidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante, with records on other plant mites. Zootaxa, 271: 1-7 [distribution; host]
    Zurcher et al. (2003) Comparative study of systems: integrated, organic apple production. Part 1: plant protection. Obst- und Weinbau, 139: [host]
    Flechtmann & Etienne (2006) Further notes on plant associated mites (Acari) from Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, lesser Antilles. International Journal of Acarology, 32: 377-382 [distribution; host]
    Gotoh et al. (2007e) Tetranychus mite species identification using esterase and phosphoglucomutase zymograms. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 42 (4): 579-585 [distribution; host]
    Perez-Gelabert (2008) Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1831: 1-530 [distribution]
    Ohno et al. (2009) Species composition of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) on vegetables in Okinawa, southwestern Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 44 (4): 627-633 [distribution; host]
    Ohno et al. (2010) Non-crop host plants of Tetranychus spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the field in Okinawa, Japan: determination of possible sources of pest species and inference on the cause of peculiar mite fauna on crops. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 45 (3): 465-475 [host]
    Ho et al. (2011) Morphological and molecular characteristics, host plants and natural enemies of the recently recognized Tetranychus okinawanus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Taiwan. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 16 (2): 160-168 [distribution; host]
    Mendonça et al. (2011b) South American spider mites: New hosts and localities. Journal of Insect Science, 11 (1): article 121 [distribution; host]
    Ohno et al. (2011a) Wild host plants of four spider mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting fruit crops in Okinawa. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 14: 281-284 [distribution; host]
    Ohno et al. (2011b) Temporal occurrence of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 20 (1): 37-40 [distribution; host]
    Seeman & Beard (2011) Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Zootaxa, 2961: 1-72 [distribution; host]
    Sabater-Muñoz et al. (2012) Isolation, characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Tetranychus urticae and cross amplification in other Tetranychidae and Phytoseiidae species of economic importance. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 57 (1): 37-51 [distribution; host]
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