Issue No. 177
H. A. Denmark
March-April, 1977
Introduction
The cyclamen mite was described by Banks (1901:294) as Tarsonemus pallidus from leaves of greenhouse chrysanthemums at Jamaica, New York. It was first noticed in New York in 1898 and in Canada in 1908. Ewing (1939:41) considered Tarsonemus fragariae Zimmerman and T. destructor Reuter to be synonyms of T. pallidus Banks. Beer (1954:1267) placed it in the genus Steneotarsonemus.