The family Tetranychidae (spider mites) currently comprises 1,275 species and represents one of the most important agricultural pest families among the Acari with approximately one hundred pest species, ten of which considered major pests. The dataset presented in this document includes all the identified spider mites composing the Jean Gutierrez Collection hosted at the CBGP (Montferrier-sur-L...

Aponychus corpuzae is a pest of bamboo in Fujian, China. The predatory mite Amblyseius longispinosus was explored as a potential biocontrol agent against Ap. corpuzae in a series of experiments on its predation on Ap. corpuzae . The rate of prey consumption (per predator female) increased linearly with temperature from 1.35 at 15°C to 5.22 at 35°C (the relationship can be described by Y = -1.00...

Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) is a phytophagous mite that forms colonies of several thousand individuals. Like spiders, every individual produces abundant silk strands and is able to construct a common web for the entire colony. Despite the importance of this silk for the biology of this worldwide species, only one previous study suggested how to visualize it. To analyze the web st...

the two-spotted spider mite, tetranychus urticae koch, is a polyphagus pest which infests wide range of field, garden and greenhouse crops worldwide. pesticide applications against this pest have caused development of resistance, undesirable effects on non target organisms and environment and secondary pest outbreak. in recent years, herbal essential oils have received attention as natural plan...

During this survey in southeastern France, there were found three new alien spider mites species: Aponychus corpuzae on Phyllostachys sp. and Semiarundinaria yashadake; the Persea mite Oligonychus perseae americana most probably also Vitis vinifera; Stigmaeopsis nanjingensis S. yashadake. In connection with records of A. corpuzae, we propose an identification key for world species genus Aponych...

Surveys of Tenuipalpidae and Tetranychidae were conducted at three locations in Latakia governorate, Syria, 2021. Eight species collected; four flat mite which Aegyptobia beglarovi, Cenopalpus lineola, Pentamerismus juniperi new records for Syria; spider among Petrobia (Mesotetranychus) tunisiae represented a record. A tetranychid species, Bryobia (Lyobia) hadizeni sp. nov., collected from Cali...