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

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  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • 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)

    Hosts (26 plants, 13 references)


    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) AraƱas 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]