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.
| Steneotarsonemus pallidus | |
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| Pepper with cyclamen mite damage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Tarsonemidae |
| Genus: | Phytonemus |
| Species: | P. pallidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phytonemus pallidus (Banks, 1901)
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References
editLinquist, 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
edit- cyclamen mite, Phytonemus pallidus on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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