Vertical extratification of phytophagous and predator mites (Acari) on Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)tree canopies

Leão Demolin-Leite, Germano; Von Dos Santos Veloso, Ronnie; Letícia Silva, Júlia; Místico Azevedo, Alcinei; Alvarenga Soares, Marcus; Guilherme Lemes Alves, Pedro; Luiz Matioli, André; Cola Zanuncio, José

doi:10.22073/pja.v10i1.64192

Vertical extratification of phytophagous and predator mites (Acari) on Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)tree canopies

Authors

Germano Leão Demolin-Leite ¹

Ronnie Von dos Santos Veloso ¹

Júlia Letícia Silva ¹

Alcinei Místico Azevedo ¹

Marcus Alvarenga Soares ²

Pedro Guilherme Lemes Alves ¹

André Luiz Matioli ³

José Cola Zanuncio ⁴

¹ Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State, Brasil;

² Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Departamento de Agronomia, Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brasil;

³ Laboratório de Acarologia, Instituto Biológico, Campinas, São Paulo State, Brasil;

⁴ Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brasil;

10.22073/pja.v10i1.64192

Abstract

The distribution of Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Caryocaraceae) trees is wide in the Brazilian Cerrado biome and its fruits are used by humans for food and as the main income source of many communities. Herbivorous mites damage this plant and their abundance and of their predator mites were recorded in three separate parts of C. brasiliense canopies. The number of Eutetranychus sp. (Tetranychidae) individuals was highest in the apical canopy parts and those of Proctolaelaps sp. (Ascidae) and Tetranychus sp.1. (Tetranychidae) in the basal part. This knowledge is important to sample phytophagous and predator mites in future commercial plantations of this plant.

Keywords

Acari

Brazil

pest

predator

sampling