Steneotarsonemus furcatus De Leon is a well-known phytophagous tarsonemid mite commonly found on coconut. Little is known about its host range. This note brings a list of plants from which the mite was collected in Cuba. Brachiaria plantaginea (L.) Hitch, Digitaria decumbens Stewt., Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop, Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link., Echinochloa crusgalli (L.), Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., Panicum fasciculatum SW., Panicum maximun Jacq., Panicum reptans L., Paspalum lividum Trin., Paspalum paniculatun L., Rottboelia cochinchinensis (L.) and Sorghum halepense (L.) are reported as new hosts of S. furcatus.
Lodging; mite; phytophagous
