Two new records of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) with new host plant from Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India

This survey was made during 2019–2020 in Coimbatore region of Tamil Nadu. Mites infesting plant samples were collected with aid of hand lens in individual polythene bags, labeled appropriately with the details of host plant, location and symptoms of attack. 20–30 mites of both adult female and males were preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol taken in 1.5 ml Eppendorf tubes for slide preparation. The specimens were mounted in Hoyer's medium and dried in an oven for a week. The mites were identified under Leica DM750 (Leica DFC295 camera). All species samples were deposited in Biosystematics division in Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University as a type depository in Coimbatore, India. Nine species of spider mites were collected in different agro-ecosystems (Table 1) from which five species were found to be new records to the region, with new host plant reports for the world: Family Tetranychidae Donnadieu 1875 Genus Tetranychus Dufour 1832 T. udaipurensis Gupta & Gupta, 1994....