Volume : 4, Issue : 9, September - 2015

A Report On Diversity Of Some Phytophagous And Predatory Mites (Acari) Encountered In Crop Fields Of South Bengal With Their Economic Importance.

Subhasree Mitra, Salil Kumar Gupta, Sujay Ghosh

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The present paper reports occurrence of 58 species belonging to 28 genera, 13 families under 3 orders which appears to include 9 undescribed species. Among these, 27 species are phytophagous, 29 are predatory and 2 are fungal feeders. All the species are listed along with their hosts/habitats, records, abundance status, nature of damages.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p>