Entomological Communications, 2, 2020: ec02026 doi: 10.37486/2675-1305.ec02026 e-ISSN: 2675-1305 Open Access Full Text Article Scientific Note Mites associated with Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth (Malpighiaceae) in the state of Pará, Brazil Aloyséia C. S. Noronha1 , Jeferson L. C. Mineiro2 , Noeli J. Ferla3 , Tatiane M. M. G. Castro4 , Guilherme L. Silva3 , Antônio C. Lofego5 , Adria O. Azevedo6 1Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Pará, Brazil. 2Instituto Biológico, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. 3Universidade do Vale do Taquari – UNIVATES, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 4Universidade Estadual de Roraima, Rorainópolis, Roraima, Brazil. 5Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. 6Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – UFRPE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Corresponding author:
[email protected] Edited by: Peterson R. Demite Received: July 22, 2020. Accepted: September 08, 2020. Published: October 15, 2020. Abstract. The present study evaluated the mite fauna associated with nance, Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth, in the state of Pará, Eastern Amazon. Mites were collected from leaves of nance clones in the municipalities of Belém and Tomé-Açu from 2012 to 2014. The collected mites were mounted on microscope slides in Hoyer’s medium. A total of 2,749 mites were collected, distributed in 32 species belonging to eight families, in addition to specimens of the suborder Oribatida, which represented 73% of the total collected. Eighteen species of predators of the families Ascidae, Cunaxidae, Phytoseiidae and Stigmaeidae are reported. Phytoseiidae was the most diverse family, with ten species, with a predominance of Amblyseius aerialis (Muma, 1955). Thirty-one mite species are new records in B.