The Red Palm Mite (RPM), Raoiella indicaHirst, has been reported to attack several plant species in the Americas, mainly palm and banana species. High population levels of this mite have been found damaging coconut and banana in Cuba. The objectives of this work were to estimate the potential of R. indica as a pest in Cuba and to evaluate the effectiveness of Dicofol and Bacillus thuringiensis ...

During a survey of the flat mites (Tenuipalpidae) on forest trees and agricultural crops in five different sites Apulian territories (Southern Italy) 2019, Brevipalpus recki (Livschitz Mitrofanov) Cenopalpus longirostris were collected Quercus pubescens (Willdenow) (Fagaceae). The authors give an account new record C. longirostris, which was not listed previous Italian fauna, finding B. souther...

Studies of mitochondrial DNA sequences in a variety of animals have shown important differences between phyla, including differences in the genetic codes used, and varying constraints on base composition. In that respect, little is known of mites, an important and diversified group. We sequenced a portion (340 nt) of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) encoding gene in twenty species of phyt...

The predaceous mite Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) is the second most abundant phytoseiid on coffee plants (Coffea arabica L), after Euseius alatus DeLeon, in Lavras, MG, Brazil, associated to the vector of the coffee ring spot virus, Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae). Its life history was studied taking into account biological aspects, life table, predatory activity and fu...