Oligonychus (Oligonychus) chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Oligonychus)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Oligonychus) chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976. Ma & Yuan (1976): 357.

Notes: Oligonychus subtropicus Tseng was described from only females, and details of the male were absent in both the original (Tseng 1980) and subsequent descriptions (Tseng 1990; Lo and Ho 1989). Although the author did not specifically compare it with any closely related species, it was differentiated from O. perditus (from Japan on J. communis) in a diagnostic key, using slight differences in the pattern of dorsal hysterosomal striae (Tseng 1980, 1990). Moreover, the author did not even compare it with another closely related species, O. chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan (1976) reported from China on Chamaecyparis pisifera and other Cupressaceae hosts. Bolland et al. (1998) synonymized O. chamaecyparisae with O. perditus but it was reinstated as valid species by Li et al. (2019). The species identity of O. subtropicus will be clear after collecting and describing the male from the type host and locality. (Mushtaq et al. 2021)

Original description

Oligonychus chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976. Ma & Yuan (1976): 357.

Type host: Chamaecyparis pisifera, Juniperus formosana, Platycladus orientalis, Prunus salicina. Type distribution: China.

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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Oligonychus chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976. Valid nomenclatural act Ma & Yuan (1976): 357. Type host: Chamaecyparis pisifera, Juniperus formosana, Platycladus orientalis, Prunus salicina. Type distribution: China.
    Oligonychus chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976. Synonymy by Bolland et al. (1998): 121.
    Oligonychus chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976. Reinstatement Li et al. (2019a): 1103.
    Oligonychus (Oligonychus) chamaecyparisae Ma & Yuan, 1976. New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 100.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Ma & Yuan (1976)


    Complementary description and illustration literature (1 reference)
    Li et al. (2019a)

    Hosts (4 plants, 2 references)


    Cupressaceae: Chamaecyparis pisifera Ma & Yuan (1976) Juniperus formosana Ma & Yuan (1976) Platycladus orientalis Ma & Yuan (1976) Li et al. (2019a)
    Rosaceae: Prunus salicina Ma & Yuan (1976)

    Distribution (1 country, 2 references)


    Oriental: China Ma & Yuan (1976) Li et al. (2019a)

    Literature (4 references in chronological order)


    Ma & Yuan (1976) On the genus Oligonychus Berlese from China (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 19: 357-362 [description; distribution; host]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]
    Li et al. (2019a) Redescription of three species of Oligonychus (Acari, Tetranychidae) from China. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24 (6): 1071-1106 [description; distribution; host; illustration; taxononmy]
    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]