Phytophagous mites (Tetranychoidea: Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae) from natural vegetations in Lara, Venezuela

Two new records of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Iran

خانواده‌ی Tetranychidae گونه‌های زیادی دارد که همگی آفات محصولات کشاورزی هستند. دو گونه از کنه‌های این خانواده، Eotetranychus uncatus Garman و E. potentillae Begl. et Mitr برای اولین‌بار از ایران گزارش می‌شوند. گونه‌ی اول از شهرستان مراغه روی آلوچه و گونه‌ی دوم از گچسر (واقع در جاده چالوس) روی تمشک در تابستان 1388 جمع‌آوری شد.

Natural infection of Lutzomyia rangeliana (Ortiz, 1952) (Diptera: Psychodidae) with Leishmania in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania venezuelensis (Bonfante-Garrido, 1980) is endemic in dry urban areas in the central part of western Venezuela (R Bonfante-Garrido et al. 1992 Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 86: 141-148). This disease has been also found in cats (R BonfanteGarrido et al. 1996 Rev Cient Fac Cienc Veter Univ Zulia Venezuela 3: 187-190). Lutzomyia olmeca bicolor (Fairchild & T...

Phytophagous Mites — Little Known Hosts of Entomopathogenic Fungi

Mitochondrial COI sequences in mites: evidence for variations in base composition.

Studies of mitochondrial DNA sequences in a variety of animals have shown important differences between phyla, including differences in the genetic codes used, and varying constraints on base composition. In that respect, little is known of mites, an important and diversified group. We sequenced a portion (340 nt) of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) encoding gene in twenty species of phyt...

Reduced Diversity in the Bacteriome of the Phytophagous Mite Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

Tenuipalpidae comprises mites that transmit viruses to agriculturally important plants. Several tenuipalpid species present parthenogenesis, and in Brevipalpus yothersi, the endosymbiont Cardinium has been associated with female-only colonies. It is unclear what the bacterial composition of B. yothersi is, and how common Cardinium is in those microbiomes. We performed a comparative analysis of ...