Theobroma cacao, a new host for Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in Peru

Alonso Escobar-Garcia, Hector; Andrade, Daniel Junior de [UNESP]; Carrillo, Daniel; Ochoa, Ronald

Theobroma cacao, a new host for Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in Peru

Data

2021-01-01

Autores

Alonso Escobar-Garcia, Hector

Andrade, Daniel Junior de

Carrillo, Daniel

Ochoa, Ronald

Editor

Acarologia-universite Paul Valery

Tipo

Artigo

Resumo

Brevipalpus yothersi Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is reported for the first time on cocoa, Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) in northwestern Peru. Mites were collected from organic cocoa smallholdings from September to December 2020 in eight localities (three Provinces) of the Piura Department. The highest mite population density was found on peduncle and epicarps of fruits of different phenological stages, and the lowest density on the leaves.