Database details
| Full name: | Mites GSDs: TenuipalpidBase |
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| Short name: | TenuipalpidBase |
| Version: | Nov 2009 |
| Release date: | 2009-11-24 |
| Authors/editors: | Mesa N.C., Ochoa R., Welbourn W.C., Evans G.A., Castilho R.C. & Moraes G.J. de |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Arachnida - Prostigmata - Tetranychoidea - Tenuipalpidae |
| English name of the group: | Tenuipalpid mites |
| Number of species: | 887 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 0 |
| Number of synonyms: | 63 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 950 |
| Abstract: | The Tenuipalpidae are phytophagous mites found worldwide. Some of them are important pests and others have been mentioned as vectors of virus affecting many plant species, especially in tropical and subtropical areas. This database was prepared based on information summarized by Mesa et al. (2009). It provides information on 950 species names. |
| Organization: | Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuárias, Colombia; Systematic Entomology Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, USA; |
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