New records of plant mites (Acari, Acaridae, Tetranychidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante with descriptions of five new eriophyid species
Author
Flechtmann, Carlos H. W.
Author
Etienne, Jean
text
Zootaxa
2002
47
1
16
journal article
51449
10.5281/zenodo.155892
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11755326
155892
Mononychellus planki
(
McGregor, 1950
)
Tetranychus planki
McGregor, 1950
: 300
.
Mononychus planki
,
Tuttle &
Baker
, 1968
: 105
.
Mononychellus planki
,
Wainstein, 1971
: 589
.
Specimens examined: five females, two males, coll. J. Etienne, Petit Bourg, Duclos,
Guadeloupe
,
18 May 2001
, on leaves of
Desmodium tortuosum
(Leguminosae)
.
This species is common in the Caribbean area. When alive, the mites are green and were observed on the lower leaf surface, in small numbers.