Steneotarsonemus pallidus

Steneotarsonemus pallidus
Pepper with cyclamen mite damage
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Family:	Tarsonemidae
Genus:	Phytonemus
Species:	P. pallidus
Binomial name
Phytonemus pallidus (Banks, 1901)

The cyclamen mite (Phytonemus pallidus) is a tiny mite often found as a pest on African violets and cyclamen plants. It is invisible to the naked eye, measuring only 0.02 cm (0.01 inch) at maturity. It requires a warm, humid environment, and is therefore problematic primarily in greenhouses.

References

Linquist, E. E. (1987). The World Genera of Tarsonemidae (Acarina: Heterostigmata): A morphological, phylogenetic and systematic revision with a reclassification of family-group taxa in the Heterostigmata. Memoirs Ent. Soc. Canada, (136), 517.

External links

• cyclamen mite, Phytonemus pallidus on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site