Oligonychus (Oligonychus) milleri (McGregor, 1950)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Oligonychus)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Oligonychus) milleri (McGregor, 1950). McGregor (1950): 343.

Original description

Paratetranychus milleri McGregor, 1950. McGregor (1950): 343.

Type host: Pinus ponderosa, Pinus taeda. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Host plants
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Paratetranychus milleri McGregor, 1950. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1950): 343. Type host: Pinus ponderosa, Pinus taeda. Type distribution: United States.
    Oligonychus milleri (McGregor, 1950). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 280.
    Oligonychus (Wainsteiniella) milleri (McGregor, 1950). New combination Tuttle & Baker (1968): 119.
    Oligonychus milleri (McGregor, 1950). New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 119.
    Oligonychus (Oligonychus) milleri (McGregor, 1950). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 99.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] McGregor (1950)

    Host plants (26 plants, 13 references)
    Distribution of host plant reports by order
    The colors of the plant orders follow the classification system of The Plant Phylogeny Project, ranging from Lycopodiales to Dipsacales (hover to display the orders).

    List of host plants by family


    Apocynaceae: Asclepias speciosa Tuttle & Baker (1964)
    Asteraceae: Antennaria rosea Tuttle & Baker (1964)
    Celastraceae: Euonymus sp. Tuttle & Baker (1964)
    Oleaceae: Olea europaea Tuttle & Baker (1964)
    Pinaceae: Picea sp. Reeves (1963) Pinus aristata Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus attenuata Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus balfouriana Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus banksiana Pritchard & Baker (1955) Pinus caribaea Muma & Apeji (1970a) Perez & Martinez (2004) Suarez (2004) Castro et al. (2017) Pinus cembroides Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Pinus coulteri Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus echinata Thewke & Enns (1969) Pinus halepensis Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus pinea Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus ponderosa McGregor (1950) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus quadrifolia Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus radiata Koehler & Frankie (1968) Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Pinus resinosa Reeves (1963) Pinus sp. Pritchard & Baker (1955) Pinus strobus Reeves (1963) Pinus sylvestris Pritchard & Baker (1955) Pinus taeda McGregor (1950) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Pinus virginiana Thewke & Enns (1969)
    Rosaceae: Heteromeles arbutifolia Tuttle & Baker (1964)
    Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera

    Distribution (5 countries, 11 references)


    Australasian: Australia Gutierrez & Schicha (1985)
    Nearctic: Mexico Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) United States McGregor (1950) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Reeves (1963) Tuttle & Baker (1964) Koehler & Frankie (1968) Charlet & McMurtry (1977)
    Neotropical: Cuba Perez & Martinez (2004) Suarez (2004) Jamaica Muma & Apeji (1970a)

    Literature (16 references in chronological order)


    McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [description; distribution; host]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    Reeves (1963) Tetranychidae infesting woody plants in New York State, and a life history study of the elm mite Eotetranychus matthyssei n. sp.. Cornell University Agricultural Station Mem.: 99 p [distribution; host]
    Tuttle & Baker (1964) The spider mites of Arizona (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona, Technical Bulletin, 158: 1-41 [distribution; host]
    Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Arañas rojas de Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae).. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, 15: 61-133 [distribution; host]
    Koehler & Frankie (1968) Distribution and Seasonal Abundance of Oligonychus subnudus1 on Monterey Pine. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 61 (6): 1500-1506 [distribution; host]
    Tuttle & Baker (1968) Spider mites of southwestern United States, a revision of the family Tetranychidae. Tucson, Usa, The University of Arizona Press: 143 p [taxononmy]
    Thewke & Enns (1969) The spider-mite complex (Acarina : Tetranychoidae) in Missouri. Museum contributions, Columbia, Missouri, USA, University of Missouri, Monograph No. 1: 106 p [host]
    Muma & Apeji (1970a) Oligonychus milleri on Pinus caribaea in Jamaica. Florida Entomologist, 53 (4): 241 [distribution; host]
    Charlet & McMurtry (1977) Systematics and bionomics of predaceous and phytophagous mites associated with pine foliage in California. I. Survey of mites present on native pines, including a description of a new species of Phytoseiidae. Hilgardia, 45: 173-210 [distribution; host]
    Gutierrez & Schicha (1985) Notes on the occurrence of Oligonychus milleri (McGregor) and O. coffeae (Nietner) (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine, 12 (3-4): 69-70 [distribution]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]
    Perez & Martinez (2004) Oligonychus milleri McGregor, a new record on Cuban conifers. Fitosanidad, 8 (1): 69-70 [distribution; host]
    Suarez (2004) Catalogo de acaros de la provincia de Guantanamo. Fitosanidad, 8: 23-31 [distribution; host]
    Castro et al. (2017) Notes on the occurrence of Oligonychus milleri (McGregor), Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi) (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, 47: 429-432 [host]
    Mushtaq et al. (2021b) The genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae): taxonomic assessment and a key to subgenera, species groups, and subgroups. Zookeys, 1079: 89-127 [taxononmy]