Two new records with complementary description of four species of Tetranychus Dufour, 1832 (Acari: Tetranychidae) from West Bengal, India
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Four species of tetranychid mites belonging to the genus Tetranychus Dufour, 1832, have been redescribed from India. Among them, two species are viz., Tetranychus gloveri Banks and Tetranychus lintearius Dufour reported for the first time from India. Tetranychus gloveri Banks, 1900 and Tetranychus hypogaeae Gupta, 1976 collected from the leaves of groundnut, Arachis hypogaea L. (Fabaceae); Tetranychus lintearius Dufour, 1832 from the leaves of Amaranthus cruentus L. (Amaranthaceae) and Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836 from the leaves of sponge gourd, Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. (Cucurbitaceae) respectively and have been redescribed from West Bengal, India.
Authors: Subhra Samanta, Suvash Chandra Bala, Krishna Karmakar, Edward A. Ueckermann
Institutions: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, North-West University
Language: English
Topic: Study of Mite Species
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411006552