A new species of spider mite, Oligonychus calicicola (Acari : Tetranychidae), damaging date fruit, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae), in Australia

Authors
Knihinicki, DK Flechtmann, CHW
Citation
Dk. Knihinicki et Chw. Flechtmann, A new species of spider mite, Oligonychus calicicola (Acari : Tetranychidae), damaging date fruit, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae), in Australia, AUST J ENT, 38, 1999, pp. 176-178
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY
ISSN journal
13266756 → ACNP
Volume
38
Year of publication
1999
Part
3
Pages
176 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
1326-6756(19990730)38:<176:ANSOSM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Oligonychus calicicola sp. n. is described and illustrated. It was found in habiting the calyx of dates, Phoenix dactyloifera L. (Arecaceae), in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Oligonychus caliciola causes prolif ic scarring of dates, but the geographic origin of this new species is unkn own.