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Typhlodromalus aripo De Leon 1967
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Paraclinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Great East Road Campus, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia; E-mail emwase 2000 @ yahoo. com Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK; E-mail A. Baker @ nhm. ac. uk
Description
Typhlodromalus aripo De Leon, 1967
Distribution. Manihot esculenta (cassava) (Euphorbiaceae); (Kairo et al. 2003), Luapula and Northern Provinces (Legg et al. 2000).
Remarks. Of South American origin, was introduced into Zambia in 1999–2000 to control the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) (Kairo et al. 2003). It is reported to have established in Zambia (Legg et al. 2000).
Notes
Published as part of Mwase, Enala T. & Baker Table Of Contents, Anne S., 2006, An annotated checklist of mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Zambia, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1106 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1106.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5057679
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- De Leon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Mesostigmata
- Family
- Phytoseiidae
- Genus
- Typhlodromalus
- Species
- aripo
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Typhlodromalus aripo Leon, 1967 sec. Mwase & Of, 2006
References
- De Leon, D. (1967) Some Mites of the Caribbean Area. Part I. Acarina on Plants in Trinidad, West Indies, Allen Press Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, 66 pp.
- Kairo, M. T. K., Cock, M. J. W. & Quinlan, M. M. (2003) A review article. An assessment of the use of the code of conduct for the import and release of Exotic Biological Control Agents (ISPM No. 3) since its endorsement as an international standard. Biocontrol News and Information, 24 (1), 15 N - 27 N.
- Legg, J., Andrade, M., Cherry, A., Coulibaly, O., Dixon, A., Goergen, G., Hanna, R., James, B., Khizzah, B., Meikle, W., Neuenschwander, P., Teri, J., Toko, M. & Whyte, J. (2000). Integrated Management of Cassava Pests and Diseases. Project 10. Available from: http: // www. iita. org / research / projann 2000 / IITAproj 10 - 2000. pdf (15 September 2005).