Phytophagous mites associated with forage crops

Abstract

A mite survey on forage crops was carried out in some localities of the State of São Paulo. The following genera and species were identified: 1. Monocychus planki McGregor, 1950 (Tuttle & Baker 1966), on Glycine javanica, Stylosanthes gracilis, Desmodium intortum, Desmodium uncinatum, Teramnus uncinatus, Calopogonium mucunoides, and Dolichos lab-lab. 2. Oligonychus sp., on Pangola grass, Digitaria sp. 3. Schizotetranychus sp., on Paspalum notatum. 4. Tetranychus neocaledonicus André, 1933, on alfafa, Medicago sativa. 5. Steneotarsonemus hyaleos Beer, 1954 on Pangola grass, Digitoria sp.