Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)
(Broad Mite)

Interactions where Polyphagotarsonemus latus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
feeds on live Captivity x Fatshedera lizei "fat headed Lizzie" Apiales: Araliaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Polyphagotarsonemus latus/Polyphagotarsonemus latusbroad mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/x Fatshedera lizei/x Fatshedera lizei"fat headed Lizzie"live Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
feeds on live Captivity Begonia begonias Cucurbitales: Begoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Polyphagotarsonemus latus/Polyphagotarsonemus latusbroad mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Begoniaceae/Begonia/Begoniabegoniaslive Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
feeds on live Captivity Impatiens balsams Ericales: Balsaminaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Polyphagotarsonemus latus/Polyphagotarsonemus latusbroad mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Balsaminaceae/Impatiens/Impatiensbalsamslive Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
feeds on live Captivity Pelargonium cultivated geraniums Geraniales: Geraniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Polyphagotarsonemus latus/Polyphagotarsonemus latusbroad mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium/Pelargoniumcultivated geraniumslive Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
feeds on live Captivity Fuchsia fuschias Myrtales: Onagraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Polyphagotarsonemus latus/Polyphagotarsonemus latusbroad mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Fuchsia/Fuchsiafuschiaslive Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
feeds on live Captivity Cissus cissus Vitales: Vitaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Polyphagotarsonemus latus/Polyphagotarsonemus latusbroad mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Vitales/Vitaceae/Cissus/Cissuscissuslive Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Broad Mite) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolyphagotarsonemus latus (Broad Mite)
FamilyTARSONEMIDAE (a family of mites)
SuperfamilyTARSONEMOIDEA (an order of Prostigmatid mites)
CohortHeterostigmatina (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortEleutherengonides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderPROSTIGMATA (sucking mites)
OrderTROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Broad Mite)

Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Broad Mite) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Broad Mite):

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