Diversity of mites occurring on fruit trees in South and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal with their economic importance and new records from India

Barshana Kundu; Dr.N.Debnath; Dr.S.K.Gupta

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Diversity of mites occurring on fruit trees in South and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal with their economic importance and new records from India

Barshana Kundu, Dr. N. Debnath, Dr. S. K. Gupta

Abstract :

This paper reports the occurrence of 29 species of mites under 12 families,23 genera and 4 orders collected from 11 types of fruit trees from South and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal. This includes 11 species of phytophagus mites,16 predatory mites and 2 fungal feeding mites. There are 2 species, one each under Tenupalpidae and Bdellidae, the occurrence of which was earlier unknown from India.