Mononychellus tanajoa ( Bondar, 1938 )

Mwase, Enala T. & Baker Table Of Contents, Anne S., 2006, An annotated checklist of mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Zambia, Zootaxa 1106 (1), pp. 1-24 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1106.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14144322
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DA7B878B-FF9A-FFB7-202B-4307A4402A76
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scientific name	Mononychellus tanajoa ( Bondar, 1938 )
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Mononychellus tanajoa ( Bondar, 1938) (cassava green mite)

Distribution. Manihot esculenta (cassava) ( Euphorbiaceae ); ( Yaninek & Herren 1988).

Remarks. This mite was suspected to have been introduced into Africa on cassava cuttings imported from Colombia in the early 1970s. Its presence in Zambia was confirmed in 1984 ( Yaninek & Herren 1988).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Tetranychidae
Genus	Mononychellus

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