Mite Diversity on Plants of Different Families Found in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

ACAROLOGY

Mite Diversity on Plants of Different Families Found in the Brazilian

Atlantic Forest

TATIANE M.M.G. DE CASTRO

1_{Depto. Fitossanidade, FCAV/ UNESP - Campus de Jaboticabal, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, SP} tatianemarie@yahoo.com.br

2_{Depto. Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, ESALQ/USP, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP} gjmoraes@esalq.usp.br; CNPq Researcher

Neotropical Entomology 36(5):774-782 (2007)

Diversidade de Ácaros em Plantas de Diferentes Famílias Encontrada na Mata Atlântica Brasileira

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Typhlodromalus 96 3 9 5

Phytoseius 83 5 7 9

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Rhinoseius 6 1 2 17

Tydeinae 151 15 31 42

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Eupodidae 30 4 6 11

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Tarsonemidae 31 3 7 8

Fungitarsonemus 16 1 52 33

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Winterschmidtiidae 11 2 2 5

Czenspinskia 6 1 55 50

Oulenzia 5 1 45 50

Erythraeidae 6 4 1 11

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