Occurrence of Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu and Brevipalpus yothersi Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in basil plants in São Paulo, Brazil

Basil, Ocimum basilicum L., is a shrubby plant native from northern India. The literature scarce in relation to arthropods associated with that species. Plants of no commercial cultivation were collected different regions the State São Paulo, such as Botucatu, Campinas, Pedro and Serra Negra municipalities. Mites recovered O. mounted on permanent slides Hoyer’s medium. In these plants identified specimens Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu yothersi Baker (Tenuipalpidae). This first report both species Paulo.