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Tetranychid mites form the family of phytophagous Acari with the most severe economic effect on agriculture and several of these mites are injurious to many crops all over the world. This catalogue contains information on the systematic position of the 1,189 known tetranychid species, their previous synonyms, their host plant range and their referenced geographical distribution. It is intended to be useful for researchers and students in agricultural acarology and for plant protection services and plant quarantine services. It is the first exhaustive list of these species since the world revision published by Pritchard & Baker in 1955. The study includes 1,227 references and four indices provide access to the list of species: index of specific designations, index of species names, index of host plants comprising 3,600 names and index of locations including the names of 170 countries or geographical entities.

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Hans R. Bolland, University of Amsterdam, specializes in taxonomy and biology of mites. Carlos H. W. Flechtmann Ph.D. (1967) in Agronomia, USP-ESALQ, is researcher at CNP-Brasil at Piracicaba. He is author of over 140 scientific publications in Brazilian and international journals and published 5 books on Acarology. His teaching included general Zoology and Parasitology. His current research is devoted primarly to plant feeding and predatory mites: tetranychid, eriophyid, tarsonemid, tydeid and phytoseiid mites. Jean Gutierrez, Docteur d'Etat et Sciences (1974), Univ. Paris XI, is research Acarologist at the Institut Français de Recherche pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM) since 1960, and has been Directeur de Recherche since 1975. He has written or cowritten more than 80 scientific articles, published in different international journals, 8 book chapters and two books. His research includes population dynamics, biosystematics and evolution of the Tetranychoidea.

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