New records and re-description of Tetranychus merganser Boudreaux, 1954 and Tetranychus megauncinatus Feres and Flechtmann, 1986 (Acari: Tetranychidae) from West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Subhra Samanta
     Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia – 741252, West Bengal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8381-4154
  • Krishna Karmakar
     Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia – 741252, West Bengal
  • Edward A. Ueckermann
     Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-4309

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/172789

Keywords:

Indian Species, Phytophagous, Tetranychids, West Bengal

Abstract

Two species of tetranychid mite belonging to the genus Tetranychus Dufour, 1832 is reported for the first time from India. Tetranychus merganser Boudreaux, 1954 is redescribed from the leaves of the areca nut, Areca catechu (LINN.) (Arecaceae) from Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Another species Tetranychus megauncinatus Feres and Flechtmann, 1986 is redescribed based on collected specimens of Cucumis sativus L. (Cucurbitaceae) leaves from Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

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2024-11-06

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Samanta, S., Karmakar, K., & Ueckermann, E. A. (2024). New records and re-description of Tetranychus merganser Boudreaux, 1954 and <i>Tetranychus megauncinatus</i> Feres and Flechtmann, 1986 (Acari: Tetranychidae) from West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 124(1), 25–32. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/172789

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