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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/165656| Title: | Two new alien Eutetranychus mites (Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) for Madeira Island, Portugal |
| Author: | Naves, Pedro Aguiar, António Franquinho Santos, Márcia Nóbrega, Filomena Varela, Ana Rita Silva, Maria José Migeon, Alain Navia, Denise Auger, Philippe |
| Keywords: | African red mite integrative taxonomy spider mite Texas citrus mite Insect Science |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Abstract: | Two field surveys on agricultural and non-agricultural plants in Madeira Island, and examination of slides of the Laboratório de Qualidade Agrícola (LQA, Madeira) collection, disclosed two species belonging to the genus Eutetranychus: the Texas citrus mite Eutetranychus banksi, associated with Citrus x aurantium, Citrus limon, Citrus reticulata, Phaseolus vulgaris (new host record), Plumeria rubra and Ricinus communis, and the African red mite Eutetranychus africanus on Citrus medica (new host record), Carica papaya, Vitis vinifera and R. communis. Both species are new records for Madeira Island, and this is the first record of E. africanus for a European country. Molecular analysis (18S rRNA gene) of E. africanus confirmed morphological identification. This integrative approach of comparing morphological and molecular characters with validated references allowed us to reliably identify this species, which has repeatedly been misidentified in the past. |
| Description: | Funding Information: We would like to thank Eng.º Samuel Freitas (Instituto do Vinho, do Bordado e do Artesanato da Madeira), Eng.ª Aurélia Sena and Eng.ª Graça Freitas (Direção Regional de Agricultura) for their assistance in samplings in Madeira Island. We also thank Emanuel Pereira, Duarte Sardinha, Graça Freitas, Dalila Gomes and Celestina Brazão for collecting the Eutetranychus mites of the LQA collection (Madeira). Main funding was provided by the project EXPL/ASP-AGR/0082/2021 of the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, with additional funding by the R&D Unit UIDB/04551/2020 GREEN-IT - Bioresources for Sustainability. Funding Information: The digitalization of Acarologia papers prior to 2000 was supported by Agropolis Fondation under the reference ID 1500-024 through the « Investissements d’avenir » programme (Labex Agro: ANR-10-LABX-0001-01) Funding Information: We would like to thank Eng.º Samuel Freitas (Instituto do Vinho, do Bordado e do Artesanato da Madeira), Enga Aurélia Sena and Enga Graça Freitas (Direção Regional de Agricultura) for their assistance in samplings in Madeira Island. We also thank Emanuel Pereira, Duarte Sardinha, Graça Freitas, Dalila Gomes and Celestina Brazão for collecting the Eutetranychus mites of the LQA collection (Madeira). Main funding was provided by the project EXPL/ASP-AGR/0082/2021 of the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, with additional funding by the R&D Unit UIDB/04551/2020 GREEN-IT-Bioresources for Sustainability. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, Les Amis d'Acarologia. All rights reserved. |
| Peer review: | yes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/165656 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.24349/t82c-9sz9 |
| ISSN: | 0044-586X |
| Appears in Collections: | Home collection (ITQB) |
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