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Biosystematics of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with cassava

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Laboratory crossing experiments indicate that populations of A. limonicus sensu lato collected from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Brazil (Cruz das Almas) and Colombia (Palmira and Monteria) are conspecific and different from A. limonicus Garman & McGregor sensu stricto collected in Riverside, California, USA and Jaguariuna, Brazil. A. limonicus s.l. did not cross with A. tenuiscutus, A. rapax or A. limonicus s.s.. A. limonicus s.s. did not cross with A. rapax. Populations of A. aerialis, A. anonymus and A. idaeus from Colombia are conspecific with Brazilian populations of these species.

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  1. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Apartado Aereo 6713, Cali, Colombia

    A. R. Braun, N. C. Mesa, M. E. Cuellar & E. L. Melo

  2. Empresa Brasilera de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Centro Nacional da Pesquisa da Defesa da Agricultura, Rodovia SP 340, km 127.5, 13820, Jaguariuna, SP, Brazil

    G. J. de Moraes

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Braun, A.R., Mesa, N.C., Cuellar, M.E. et al. Biosystematics of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) associated with cassava. Exp Appl Acarol 17, 205–213 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118437

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