Mites (Acari) on medicinal plants in South Bengal, India Author Gupta, S. K. Author Bose, Sayani text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2017 2017-04-01 117 2 154 181 http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118008 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118008 2581-8686 13184643 31. Brevipalpus californicus (Banks) Tenuipalpus californicus Banks, 1904 , J. NY. Ent. Soc., 12 : 55. Brevipalpus californicus , Smith-Meyer, 1979 , Ent. Mem.Dept. Agr. Tech. Serv . No., 50 : 81-90. Brevipalpus californicus , Ghai & Shenhmar, 1984 , Oriental Ins., 18 : 128. Brevipalpus californicus , Gupta & Mandal, 2015 , Mem. Zool. Surv. India , 22 (2): 15-16. Collection data : Several ♀ , Hooghly, Balagarh, ex. Ficus hispida , 02.09.2014 ; 4♀ , Bankura , Vishnupur, ex. Piper longum , 05.02.2015 ; 9♀ , Bardhaman, Durgapur, ex., 03.05.2015 ; 2♀ and 1♂ , Narendrapur, ex. Pterocarpus santalinus , 04.05.2015 ; 4♀ , Howrah, Udaynarayanpur, ex. Barleria cristata , Ocimum , Mentha arvensis 05.05.2015 ; several ♀ and ♂ , South 24 Parganas, Narendrapur, ex. Artemisia nilagirica , Justicia adhatoda , 10.10.2015 ; 2♀ , Nadia, Kalyani, ex. Citrus reticulata , 02.11.2015 . Remarks : On Artemisia nilagirica , the feeding produced brownish patches on leaves. But on the other hosts yellowish spots appeared at the points of feeding.