A review and revised checklist of the mites (Acari) in B.P. Gabriel’s “insects and mites injurious to Philippine Crop Plants”

Issue Date

10-2001

Abstract

The mites in B.P. Gabriel's Insects and Mites Injurious to Philippine Crop Plants (1997, 2000) are reviewed. Doubtful species records are identified and errors in host records and cited references are corrected. A revised checklist is presented, including only mite species and host plants with specimen documentations in publications and museum collections. These amount to 39 mite species on 65 kinds of crop plants and cover only about half the presently known diversity of phytophagous mites from the Philippines. Nomenclatural comments are given for Tetranychus telarius Linnaeus, a suppressed name which has been applied to spider mites infesting a number of crops in the Philippines. The need for a taxonomic review of spider mites and their host plants is pointed out, especially Tetranychus and Eutetranychus species.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

15

Issue

2

Page

163-179

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Physical Description

tables

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

ACARI; INSECTA; INSECTS; GENUS; RECORDS; SPECIES CHECKLISTS; PHILIPPINES

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