Aponychus sulcatus Chaudhri, 1972

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Eurytetranychini - Aponychus

Accepted name

Aponychus sulcatus Chaudhri, 1972. Chaudhri (1972b): 164.

Original description

Aponychus sulcatus Chaudhri, 1972. Chaudhri (1972b): 164.

Type host: Arundo donax, Boerhavia diffusa. Type distribution: Pakistan.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Aponychus sulcatus Chaudhri, 1972. Valid nomenclatural act Chaudhri (1972b): 164. Type host: Arundo donax, Boerhavia diffusa. Type distribution: Pakistan.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Chaudhri (1972b)

    Hosts (4 plants, 4 references)


    Caricaceae: Carica papaya Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Nyctaginaceae: Boerhavia diffusa Chaudhri (1972b)
    Poaceae: Arundo donax Chaudhri (1972b) Kamran et al. (2021) Saccharum spontaneum

    Distribution (2 countries, 4 references)


    Oriental: India Sadana & Chhabra (1980) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Pakistan Chaudhri (1972b) Kamran et al. (2021)

    Literature (4 references in chronological order)


    Chaudhri (1972b) Three new species ofmites of the genus Aponychus from Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 4: 161-168 [description; distribution; host]
    Sadana & Chhabra (1980) Distribution, new records of Tetranychid mites of the Punjab. Journal of Advanced Zoology, 1: 104-109 [distribution]
    Gupta & Gupta (1994) A taxonomic review of Indian Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostgmata) with description of new species and redescriptions of known species, keys to genera and species. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India, 18: 1-196 [distribution; host]
    Kamran et al. (2021) A new species and a key to species of Mesobryobia Wainstein (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) and new records of spider mites from Pakistan. International Journal of Acarology, 47 (5): 418-426 [distribution; host]