Family Tetranychidae Allonychus braziliensis (McGregor, 1950) Pritchard & Baker, 1955 Septanychus braziliensis McGregor, 1950: 318. Allonychus braziliensis, Pritchard & Baker, 1955: 137. Thi species was described from quince, Cydonia oblonga Mill., from Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Chiavegato (1968) reported it from the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis Mull. from Campinas, S��o Paulo, and Paschoal (1970) from pear, Pyrus communis L. and mango, Mangifera indica L., also in the state of S��o Paulo. It is now reported from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Specimens examined: 5 females, 3 males, from pear, Pyrus communis L., 29 May 2001, Cacador, Santa Catarina, coll. I Nora. Eotetranychus tremae DeLeon, 1957: 111. In Brazil this species is known from Piper sp. and from Siparuna guianensis Aubl. from the state of Rio de Janeiro (Flechtmann, 1981, 1996). It is now reported from the state of S��o Paulo. Specimens examined: 4 females, 3 males, from Serjania communis Cambess, 0 4 May 2003, Campus Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, S��o Paulo, coll. CHWF. Neotetranychus asper Feres & Flechtmann, 2002: 224. So far this species is only known from its description, from Alchornea glandulosa Poepp & Endl. from S��o Jos�� do Rio Preto, S��o Paulo, Brazil. It was recently collected in Piracicaba, S��o Paulo. Specimens examined: 10 females, 6 males, from "guacatonga", Casearia sylvestris Sw., 16 July 2002, Campus Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, S��o Paulo, coll. CHWF. Tetranychus desertorum Banks, 1900: 76. New findings of this species, widespread in the Americas, are its presence in the state of Santa Catarina and a new host plant, Brunfelsia sp. Specimens examined: numerous females and males, from "manac��", Brunfelsia sp., 11 October 1998, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (Hotel Simon), Rio de Janeiro, coll. CHWF, and, 6 females, 4 males, from pear, 19 January 2000, Frei Rog��rio, Santa Catarina, col. I. Nora. Tetranychus ogmophallus Ferreira & Flechtmann, 1997: 181. This species of carmine spider mite was described from Central Brazil on Arachis pintoi (Krap. & Greg.), A. prostrata Benth. and peanuts A. hypogeae L. is now reported from the state of Paran��. Specimens examined: numerous females and males, from A. pintoi, 0 9 January 1999, Londrina, Paran��, coll. N.L. Domiciano.

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Published as part of Flechtmann, Carlos H. W., 2004, Two new plant feeding mites from Brachiaria ruziziensis in citrus groves in S��o Paulo, Brazil and new distribution records of other plant mites in Brazil, pp. 1-11 in Zootaxa 708 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158803