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Registro del ácaro Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks, 1909) (Acari: Prostigmata, tarsonemidae) asociado con Bemisia tabaci S.l. (Gennadius, 1889) (Hemiptera: aleyrodidae) en el estado Falcón, Venezuela | Record of the broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks, 1909) (Acari: Prostigmata, tarsonemidae) associated with Bemisia tabaci S.l. (Gennadius, 1889) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Falcón state, Venezuela
Dalmiro Cazorla-Perfetti, Pedro Morales-Moreno
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A short report records female broad mites, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks, 1909), attached to the legs and/or thorax of adult whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci sensu lato, collected from sweet pepper (Capsicum spp.) and eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) plants grown in compost at a dwelling in the city of Coro, Falcón State, Venezuela. It suggests the symbiotic association between P. latus and the whitefly may be phoretic.