1. PaDIL Factsheet

Scientific Name: phoenicis (Geijskes, 1939) (: : )

Common Name Passionvine Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140834

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Passionvine Mite(Brevipalpus phoenicis) Updated on 5/8/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140834

2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Citrus produce, Paw paw Groups: & Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown

2.4. Other Names Brevipalpus deleoni Pritchard & Baker, 1958 Brevipalpus mcbridei Baker, 1949 Brevipalpus papayensis Baker, 1949 Brevipalpus phoenicis (Sayed, 1946) Brevipalpus phoenicoides Gonzalez, 1975 Brevipalpus yotersi Baker, 1949 Bunch Mite Citrus Leprosisi False Spider Mite Prostigmatid Mite Red and Black Flat Mite Scarlet False Spider Mite Tenuipalpus phoenicis Geijskes, 1939

2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Female**

Prodorsal projection extending near middle of femur I; medial region of prodorsum ornamented with elongate reticulations, smooth anteriorly; lateral region of prodorsum rugose; hysterosoma with 5 pairs of dorsolateral setae (f2 absent); central region between c1 and d1 rugose. Palp 4-segmented, with 3 setae on distal segment. Tarsus II with 2 omega.

**References**

- Baker, E.W. & Tuttle, D.M. (1987). The False Spider Mites of (Tenuipalpidae: Acari). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin, No. 1706, 137 pp. - Jeppson, Keifer, Baker (1995). _Mites injurious to economic plants_, 615pp - Welbourn, W.C., Ochoa, R., Kane, E.C. & Erbe, E.F. (2003). Morphological observations on _Brevipalpus phoenicis_ (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) including comparisons with _B. californicus_ and _B. obovatus_. _Experimental & applied acarology_, 30(1-3):107-33.

2.6. References - Baker, E.W. & Tuttle, D.M. (1987). The False Spider Mites of Mexico (Tenuipalpidae: Acari). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin, No. 1706, 137 pp. - Jeppson, Keifer, Baker (1995). _Mites injurious to economic plants_, 615pp - Welbourn, W.C., Ochoa, R., Kane, E.C. & Erbe, E.F. (2003). Morphological observations on _Brevipalpus phoenicis_ (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) including comparisons with _B. californicus_ and _B. obovatus_. _Experimental & applied acarology_, 30(1-3):107-33. 3. Diagnostic Images

NZA068. Magnification: 40×. NZA068. Magnification: 40×. Dorsal - Adult: Qing Hai Fan MAF Ventral - Adult: Qing Hai Fan MAF

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