Colegio de Postgraduados, Postgrado en Fitosanidad, Orientación en Entomología y Acarología, Km 36.5 Carr, México-Texcoco, C.P. 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico.
Colegio de Postgraduados, Km 36.5 Carr, México-Texcoco, C.P. 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico.
Exp Appl Acarol. 2020 Oct;82(2):229-241. doi: 10.1007/s10493-020-00545-8. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
Raoiella indica Hirst (Tenuipalpidae) is an obligate phytophagous mite that has rapidly colonized wide areas of tropical America and causes severe injuries, mainly to plants in the families Arecaceae, Heliconiaceae, Zingiberaceae and Musaceae. This study evaluates biological attributes of the species that could explain its potential as invasive pest, its capacity to survive when deprived of food and its dispersal mechanisms, including passive displacement by wind and possible phoretic association with insects. This mite has a higher resistance to starvation than other phytophagous mites, with a maximum 12 days for adult females. Its main dispersal is by wind, even at low velocities. Phoresy on insects was not observed.
印度叶螨（Tenuipalpidae）是一种专性植食性螨，已迅速占领了美洲热带的广大地区，并对包括棕榈科、蝎尾蕉科、姜科和芭蕉科在内的许多植物造成严重危害。本研究评估了该物种的一些生物学特性，这些特性可能解释了其作为入侵性害虫的潜力，包括在缺乏食物时的生存能力及其扩散机制，包括通过风的被动转移和可能与昆虫的携带关系。与其他植食性螨相比，这种叶螨对饥饿的抵抗力更强，雌成螨最长可存活 12 天。其主要的扩散方式是通过风，即使在低风速下也是如此。未观察到该叶螨对昆虫的携带现象。
