Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar, 1938)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Mononychellus

Accepted name

Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar, 1938). Bondar (1938): 443.

Original description

Tetranychus tanajoa Bondar, 1938. Bondar (1938): 443.

Type host: Manihot esculenta. Type distribution: Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago.

Summary

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

         Eotetranychus estradai Baker & Pritchard, 1962. Synonym description Baker & Pritchard (1962): 316. Type host: Gliricidia maculata. Type distribution: Nicaragua.
    Mononychus estradai (Baker & Pritchard, 1962). New combination Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968): 77.
    Mononychellus estradai (Baker & Pritchard, 1962). New combination Tuttle et al. (1976): 55.
    Mononychellus estradai Baker & Pritchard, 1962. Synonymy by Gutierrez (1987a): 165.

         Mononychellus planki (McGregor, 1950), sensu Urueta, 1970. Misidentification Urueta (1970): 14.
    Mononychellus planki (McGregor, 1950), sensu Urueta, 1970. Synonymy by Urueta (1975): 4.

         Tetranychus tanajoa Bondar, 1938. Valid nomenclatural act Bondar (1938): 443. Type host: Manihot esculenta. Type distribution: Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago.
    Mononychus tanajoa (Bondar, 1938). New combination Flechtmann & Baker (1970): 160.
    Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar, 1938). New combination Tuttle et al. (1977): 3.


    Identification tools

    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Bondar (1938)
    [Synonym description] Baker & Pritchard (1962)

    Hosts (10 plants, 27 references)


    Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta Bondar (1938) Urueta (1970) Flechtmann & Bastos (1972) Flechtmann & Abreu (1973) Urueta (1975) Salas (1978) Akinlosotu (1982) Bellotti et al. (1982) Yaninek & Herren (1988) Gonçalves et al. (2001) Lopes Ribeiro et al. (2009) Agboton et al. (2011) Night et al. (2011) Silva et al. (2013) Costa et al. (2014) Migeon (2015) Flechtmann (2020a) Ovalle et al. (2020) Atencio-Valdespino et al. (2024) Manihot sp. Bondar (1938) Flechtmann & Baker (1975)
    Fabaceae: Erythrina sp. Salas (1978) Andrews & Poe (1980) Gliricidia maculata Baker & Pritchard (1962) Gliricidia sepium Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Andrews & Poe (1980) Phaseolus vulgaris Mendonça et al. (2011b) Senna occidentalis Rossi Simons (1961)
    Passifloraceae: Passiflora cincinnata Passiflora edulis Mendonça et al. (2011b)
    Typhaceae: Typha domingensis Aguilar & Murillo (2008)


    Distribution (18 countries, 30 references)


    Afrotropical: Benin Agboton et al. (2011) Ovalle et al. (2020) Nigeria Akinlosotu (1982) Rwanda Night et al. (2011) Zambia Yaninek & Herren (1988) Mwase & Baker (2006)
    Nearctic: Mexico Tuttle et al. (1976)
    Neotropical: Bahamas Doreste (1982) Brazil Bondar (1938) Flechtmann & Bastos (1972) Flechtmann & Abreu (1973) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Moraes & McMurtry (1983) Gonçalves et al. (2001) Lopes Ribeiro et al. (2009) Mendonça et al. (2011b) Silva et al. (2013) Costa et al. (2014) Flechtmann (2020a) Colombia Urueta (1970) Urueta (1975) Bellotti et al. (1982) Doreste (1982) Ovalle et al. (2020) Costa Rica Salas (1978) Doreste (1984a) Aguilar & Murillo (2008) El Salvador Andrews & Poe (1980) Guadeloupe Migeon (2015) Guyana Doreste (1982) Nicaragua Baker & Pritchard (1962) Panama Doreste (1982) Atencio-Valdespino et al. (2024) Paraguay Doreste (1984a) Suriname Migeon (2015) Trinidad and Tobago Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Doreste (1982) Venezuela Doreste (1981) Ovalle et al. (2020)


    Literature (35 references in chronological order)


    Bondar (1938) Notas entomologicas de Bahia. III. Revista de Entomologia, Brazil, 9: 441-445 [description; distribution; host]
    Rossi Simons (1961) Lista de las especies de Tetranychidae (Acari) de la Republica Argentina. Idia, 163: 9-13 [host]
    Baker & Pritchard (1962) Arañas rojas de América Central (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 23: 309-340 [description; distribution; host]
    Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Arañas rojas de Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae).. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, 15: 61-133 [host; taxononmy]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1970) A preliminary report on the Tetranychidae (Acarina) of Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 63: 156-163 [taxononmy]
    Urueta (1970) Mononychellus planki (McGregor) a potential pest to manihot in Colombia. Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Newsletter, 3: 14 [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    Flechtmann & Bastos (1972) Acaros Tetranychoidea do estado do Ceara, Brasil. Ciencia e Agrotecnologia, 2(2): 83-90 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Abreu (1973) Acaros fitofagos do Estado da Bahia, Brasil. (Notas preliminares). Ciencia e Cultura, 25: 244-251 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1975) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 19: 111-122 [distribution; host]
    Urueta (1975) Aranas rojas (Acarina: Tetranychidae) del Departamento de Antioquia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 1: 1-14 [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    Tuttle et al. (1976) Spider mites of Mexico (Acarina : Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 2: 1-102 [distribution; taxononmy]
    Tuttle et al. (1977) Spider mites (Tetranychidae: Acarina) of the state of Ceara, Brazil. International Journal of Acarology, 3: 1-8 [taxononmy]
    Salas (1978) Algunas notas sobre las arañitas rojas (Tetranychidae: Acari) halladas en Costa Rica. Agronomia Costarricense, 2: 47-59 [distribution; host]
    Andrews & Poe (1980) Spider mites of El Salvador, Central America (Acari: Tetranychidae). Florida Entomologist, 63: 502-505 [distribution; host]
    Doreste (1981) Acaros del género Mononychellus Wainstein (Acari Tetranychidae) asociados con la Yuca (Manihot spp.) en Venezuela. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, N.S. 1: 119-130 [distribution]
    Akinlosotu (1982) Seasonal trend of green spider mite, Mononychellus tanajoa population on cassava, Manihot esculenta, and its relationship with weather factors at moor plantation. Insect Science and Its Application, 3: 251-254 [distribution; host]
    Bellotti et al. (1982) Acaros presentes en el cultivo de la yuca y su control. Guia de Estudio, Centro International de Agricultura Tropical, serie 04SC- 02.04, Cali, Colombia: 34 p [distribution; host]
    Doreste (1982) El complejo de acaros tetraniquidos, como plaga importante del cultivo de la Yuca. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 12: 249-254 [distribution]
    Moraes & McMurtry (1983) Phytoseiid mites (Acarina) of northeastern Brazil with descriptions of four new species. International Journal of Acarology, 9 (3): 131-148 [distribution]
    Doreste (1984a) Spider mites as important pest of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Griffiths, D.A., Bowman, C.E., Acarology VI, Ellis Horwod Limited, Chichester, 2: 761-769 [distribution]
    Gutierrez (1987a) The cassava green mite in Africa: one or two species? (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 3: 163-168 [taxononmy]
    Yaninek & Herren (1988) Introduction and spread of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae), an exotic pest in Africa and the search for appropriate control methods: a review. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 78: 1-13 [distribution; host]
    Gonçalves et al. (2001) Efeito de extratos vegetais sobre estágios imaturos e fêmeas adultas de Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae). Neotropical Entomology, 30 (2): 305-309 [distribution; host]
    Mwase & Baker (2006) An annotated checklist of mites (Arachnida: Acrai) of Zambia. Zootaxa, 1106: 124 [distribution]
    Aguilar & Murillo (2008) New hosts and records of plant feeding mites for Costa Rica: interval 2002-2008. Agronomia Costarricense, 32: 7-28 [distribution; host]
    Lopes Ribeiro et al. (2009) Host range of Neozygites floridana isolates (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) to spider mites. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 102: 196-202 [distribution; host]
    Agboton et al. (2011) Molecular detection of establishment and geographical distribution of Brazilian isolates of Neozygites tanajoae, a fungus pathogenic to cassava green mite, in Benin (West Africa). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 53: 235-244 [distribution; host]
    Mendonça et al. (2011b) South American spider mites: New hosts and localities. Journal of Insect Science, 11 (1): article 121 [distribution; host]
    Night et al. (2011) Occurrence and distribution of cassava pests and diseases in Rwanda. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 140 (3-4): 492-497 [distribution; host]
    Silva et al. (2013) Toxicity of neem oil to the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae). Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research, 73: 315-319 [distribution; host]
    Costa et al. (2014) Functional response of Euseius concordis to densities of different developmental stages of the cassava green mite. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 64: 277-286 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann (2020a) Spider mites, host plants, new records for Brazil (Acari: Tetranychidae). Entomological Communications, 2: ec02004 [distribution; host]
    Ovalle et al. (2020) A simple PCR-based method for the rapid and accurate identification of spider mites (Tetranychidae) on cassava. Scientific Reports, 10: 19496 [distribution; host]
    Atencio-Valdespino et al. (2024) Presencia de dos especies de ácaros (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae: Mononychellus) de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz), Provincia de Coclé, Panamá. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 27: 067 [distribution; host]