South Dakota State University Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletins SDSU Agricultural Experiment Station 1966 Plant Feeding Mites of South Dakota Leland D. White Follow this and additional works at: http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_tb Recommended Citation White, Leland D., "Plant Feeding Mites of South Dakota" (1966). Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletins. 38. http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_tb/38 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the SDSU Agricultural Experiment Station at Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletins by an authorized administrator of Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Technical Bulletin 27 May 1966 Plant Feeding Mites of South Dakota Entomology-Zoology Department Agricultural Experiment Station South Dakota State University, Brookings ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Appreciation is extended to: E. W. Baker for assistance in identification of Tetranychidae; H . H. Keifer, who identified specimens of Eriophy­ idae; C. A. Taylor, South Dakota State Univer­ sity plant taxonomist, for assistance in preparation of host-plant scientific names and identification of selected host plants; research assistants, S. A. Johnson, H. C. Schroeder, and G. H. Schwebach; faculty members of the South Dakota State Uni­ versity Entomology-Zoology Department; and to other University staff members who made direct and indirect contributions during this study. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ------------------------ -------------- -- --------------------·----------------------------------------------------- 3 Taxonomic status of the mites ________________________________________________ ___________________ ________ _____ 4 Determination of species __________ ________________ __ _____ ______ ___ ____________________ ________ ____________________ 4 Collecting and Mounting Methods __ _______________________________________ _______ ________________ _______ __ _____ 5 Eriophyid preparation and mounting media_____________________________________ ___________ ____ __ ___ _ 6 Economic Importance ----------- --- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 7 Plant feeding ------------- ---------------------- -- -------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 7 Plant diseases and mites ___________________________________________ _________ __ ________ ______ __ ___________________ ___ 7 Distribution and Biology ___ __ _______ _______ _____ ·-------------------------- .·--------------·----------------------- -- 9 Tetranychidae ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Geographic distribution ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Biology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Eriophyidae --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Geographic distribution -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Biology -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Tarsonemidae ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ 10 Geographic distribution -----------------------------------· -- -·· ·----------------------------------------------- 10 Biology -------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ·----------------------------------------------- 10 Discussion of the Species ______ __ ________ ___ ____________ ___---- ------------------------------ _____ _____________ -------- ·· · 11 T etranychidae ------------------ -------------------- ------ -- -------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Bryobia ____ __ __ ____ --···-·--··· ____ _____ -- ------------·-·-· ____ _________ __------ --------- ------------- _____ ____ __ ________ 15 Bryobia praetiosa --------------·--------------------------- -- -------·----------------------------------··------ 15 B ryobia ru briocu/ us --------------------------· ___ _____ _·------------------ ____ .. --·-------------------------- 16 Petrohia ---------------------------··-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------·- 18 Petrohia /atens ----------------------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------------------------ 18 Panonychus ______ -----------·----------·--------------··----------------··--- ··· ________ .. ·-----------------------______ 20 Panonychus ulmi ----------------------------------------------------·---------------------------------------- 21 Schizotetranychus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ 23 Schizo tetran yeh us el ym us ------------ -------------------------------------------- __ __ _________ __ __ _______ 23 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page Eotetranyehus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Eotetranye h us populi -------· __ ·-------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 24 Eotetranye h us matth yssei ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Eotetranyehus ( new species) ------------------------------------------- · ------------------------------ 29 Oligonyehus ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 29 0 ligonye h us pratensis ---------------------------------------- -------------- ·------------------------------- 31 Olt'gon ye h us bieolor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 Oligonyehus ( new species) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33 T etranye hus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 T etran ye h us telarius ------------------------------------------· ________ ·------------------------------------ 35 T etran ye h us sinhai --------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 39 T etran ye h us medanieli ----------------------------------- ·------------------------------------------------ 41 T etran ye h us eanadensis -------------------------- --·------------------------------------------------------- 41 Eriophyidae -------------------------------------------------------· ---------------------------------------------------- 46 Abacarus hystrix _________ ____ ____________________ _________________ _____ ____ ______________ ,, __ ___________________ 46 Aeulus ( ? ) dubius -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Aeulus mekenziei --------------------------------------- ···---------------------------------------------------- 49 Aceria tulipae -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 49 A baearus ( new species) -----------------------------· ·-------· ---- ·--·------------------------------------- 52 T arsonemidae ---------------------- -- -------------- -- ____________ __ ___ ____ __ -- ---- ----------------------· ________ _ 52 Steneotarsonemus __ _____ _____ ______ __-· ---·----- ___ -· ·---- -----· -------____ _-----·-----------·- -- ------- 56 Steneotarsonemus hyaleos ____ ____ . -· 56 Miscellaneous Mite Collections ___ _ ·-- -· __ ------ ---- · __ __ ·---·--· ___ __ -·-- ----· __ __ _ 57 Mesostigmata ____ __ ..... _ _____ ___ _ ____ __________ __ ------··-----·· · __ --·-- _---·-·- -- . 57 Trombidiformes __ ___ --- ----------- -------- ·--- ------- --------·--- ·- ---··--------- ----·- -- ___ __ ___ __.. 58 Tydeidae ------------·- --·--- - ----------------· ___ __ __ _____ _____ __ __ __ __ ________ ___ ___ _____ __.. _______ ------ ----- 58 Stigmaeidae --------------------------·--·-------- ------ ·-- -----------·------------------------·-------------------- 58 Erythraeidae ------------·-··------------- --------------- ---------------------·--- --- · ··--------------------------- 58 Sareoptiformes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 56 Literature Cited ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 2 Plant Feeding Mites of South Dakota By LELAND D. WHITE, Assistant Professor, Entomology-Zoology INTRODUCTION This phytophagous mite study is It is difficult to estimate an an­ the first of its kind in South Dako­ nual dollar loss to South Dakota ta. Previous records of identified agriculture due to plant feeding species from this state are practi­ mites. However, these pests are of cally unknown. major concern to the national agri­ The economic importance of phy­ cultural economy and as such share tophagous mites, their distribution with insects a position of pest im­ and importance in surrounding portance to the economy of South states is a well