Oligonychus biharensis (Hirst)

Paratetranychus biharensis Hirst, 1925: 69 .

Oligonychus biharensis, Pritchard & Baker, 1955: 364 .

Specimens examined: females and males from Bauhinia sp. ( Caesalpiniaceae), Destreillan, Baie Mahault, Guadeloupe, 25 Sept. 2003; females and male from Senna siamea (Lam.) Irw. & Barn. (Caesalpiniaceae), La Jaille, Baie Mahault, Guadeloupe, 24 Apr. 2004; females and males from Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae), Vieux Habitants, Guadeloupe, 12 May 2004.

This species was previously reported from other host plants and localities in Guadeloupe and from Marie Galante (Flechtmann et al., 1999a). On S. siamea it was associated with two predaceous mites of the family Phytoseiidae, Amblyseius largoensis (Muma) and Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma.