Tetranychus bastosi Tuttle, Baker & Sales, 1977

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus

Accepted name

Tetranychus bastosi Tuttle, Baker & Sales, 1977. Tuttle et al. (1977): 5.

Original description

Tetranychus (Tetranychus) bastosi Tuttle, Baker & Sales, 1977. Tuttle et al. (1977): 5.

Type distribution: Brazil.

Summary

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

         Tetranychus (Tetranychus) bastosi Tuttle, Baker & Sales, 1977. Valid nomenclatural act Tuttle et al. (1977): 5. Type distribution: Brazil.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Tuttle et al. (1977)

    Hosts (23 plants, 10 references)


    Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus viridis
    Asteraceae: Bidens pilosa
    Caricaceae: Carica papaya
    Convolvulaceae: Distimake macrocalyx Ipomoea batatas
    Euphorbiaceae: Cnidoscolus quercifolius Jatropha curcas Rosado et al. (2014) Rosado et al. (2015a) Rosado et al. (2015b) Jatropha gossypiifolia Jatropha mollissima Rodrigues et al. (2025) Manihot esculenta Flechtmann (2020a) Manihot pseudoglaziovii Manihot sp. Bastos et al. (1979) Ricinus communis
    Fabaceae: Erythrina sp. Phaseolus vulgaris
    Lamiaceae: Hyptis suaveolens
    Malvaceae: Gossypium barbadense Mendonça et al. (2011b) Malva pusilla Sida urens Cruz et al. (2012)
    Moraceae: Morus nigra Morus rubra
    Passifloraceae: Turnera sp. Turnera subulata De Leon (1957)

    Distribution (1 country, 10 references)


    Neotropical: Brazil Tuttle et al. (1977) Moraes & McMurtry (1983) Mendonça et al. (2011b) Cruz et al. (2012) Rosado et al. (2014) Rosado et al. (2015a) Rosado et al. (2015b) de Lima et al. (2017) Flechtmann (2020a) Rodrigues et al. (2025)

    Literature (12 references in chronological order)


    De Leon (1957) Two new Eotetranychus and a new Oligonychus from Southern Florida (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Florida Entomologist, 40 (3): 111-113 [host]
    Tuttle et al. (1977) Spider mites (Tetranychidae: Acarina) of the state of Ceara, Brazil. International Journal of Acarology, 3: 1-8 [description; distribution]
    Bastos et al. (1979) Subsidios para o conhecimento das pragas da manicoba. Fitossanidade, Fortaleza, Brasil, 3: 45-46 [host]
    Moraes & McMurtry (1983) Phytoseiid mites (Acarina) of northeastern Brazil with descriptions of four new species. International Journal of Acarology, 9 (3): 131-148 [distribution]
    Mendonça et al. (2011b) South American spider mites: New hosts and localities. Journal of Insect Science, 11 (1): article 121 [distribution; host]
    Cruz et al. (2012) Acarofauna em cultivo de pinhao-manso e plantas espontaneas associadas. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 47: 319-327 [distribution; host]
    Rosado et al. (2014) Sampling plans for pest mites on physic nut. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 63: 521-534 [distribution; host]
    Rosado et al. (2015a) Seasonal variation in the populations of Polyphagotarsonemus latus, Tetranychus bastosi in physic nut (Jatropha curcas) plantations. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 66: 415-426 [distribution; host]
    Rosado et al. (2015b) Geostatistics as a tool to study mite dispersion in physic nut plantations. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 105: 381-389 [distribution; host]
    de Lima et al. (2017) Life table of the red spider mite Tetranychus bastosi (Acari: Tetranychidae) on different host plants. Acarologia, 57 (3): 601-605 [distribution]
    Flechtmann (2020a) Spider mites, host plants, new records for Brazil (Acari: Tetranychidae). Entomological Communications, 2: ec02004 [distribution; host]
    Rodrigues et al. (2025) Mites on Caatinga remnants vegetation in Northeast Brazil, with description of a new species of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 30 (2): 243-266 [distribution; host]