Description of a new species of tetranychid mite and redescription of Oligonychus sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from 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, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-4309

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i2/2024/172807

Keywords:

Plant Feeding, Spider Mite, Hooghly, West Bengal

Abstract

One new species, Tetranychus caricae sp. nov., is described from specimens collected on leaves of Ficus carica L. (Moraceae) in Kamarpukur, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. Also, one tetranychid species Oligonychus sapienticolus Gupta, 1976 collected on leaves of Musa paradisiaca L. is redescribed from the Gangetic Basin of West Bengal, India.

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2024-12-12

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Samanta, S., Karmakar, K., & Ueckermann, E. A. (2024). Description of a new species of tetranychid mite and redescription of <i>Oligonychus sapienticolus</i> Gupta, 1976 (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 124(2), 103–111. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i2/2024/172807

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