Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann & Baker, 1970)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Mononychellus

Accepted name

Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann & Baker, 1970). Flechtmann & Baker (1970): 160.

Original description

Mononychus mcgregori Flechtmann & Baker, 1970. Flechtmann & Baker (1970): 160.

Type host: Phyllanthus sp., Senna occidentalis. Type distribution: Argentina, Brazil.

Summary

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

         Mononychus mcgregori Flechtmann & Baker, 1970. Valid nomenclatural act Flechtmann & Baker (1970): 160. Type host: Phyllanthus sp., Senna occidentalis. Type distribution: Argentina, Brazil.
    Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann & Baker, 1970). New combination Flechtmann & Baker (1975): 117.

         Eotetranychus planki (McGregor, 1950) pro parte sensu Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Misidentification Pritchard & Baker (1955): 150.
    Eotetranychus planki (McGregor, 1950) pro parte sensu Pritchard & Baker, 1955. Synonymy by Urueta (1975): 4.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Flechtmann & Baker (1970)


    Complementary description and illustration literature (1 reference)
    Dyamanagouda et al. (2024)

    Molecular data literature (1 reference)
    Dyamanagouda et al. (2024) Dyamanagouda et al. (2024)

    Hosts (5 plants, 6 references)


    Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta Urueta (1975) Bellotti et al. (1982) Migeon (2015) Ovalle et al. (2020) Dyamanagouda et al. (2024)
    Fabaceae: Desmodium sp. Urueta (1975) Senna occidentalis Flechtmann & Baker (1970)
    Malvaceae: Sida sp. Urueta (1975)
    Phyllanthaceae: Phyllanthus sp. Flechtmann & Baker (1970)

    Distribution (8 countries, 9 references)


    Neotropical: Argentina Rossi Simons (1961) Flechtmann & Baker (1970) Brazil Flechtmann & Baker (1970) Feres et al. (2005) Colombia Urueta (1975) Bellotti et al. (1982) Migeon (2015) Ovalle et al. (2020) Peru Ovalle et al. (2020) Trinidad and Tobago Yaseen & Bennett (1977) Venezuela Bellotti et al. (1982)
    Oriental: India Dyamanagouda et al. (2024) Vietnam Ovalle et al. (2020)

    Literature (11 references in chronological order)


    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [taxononmy]
    Rossi Simons (1961) Lista de las especies de Tetranychidae (Acari) de la Republica Argentina. Idia, 163: 9-13 [distribution]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1970) A preliminary report on the Tetranychidae (Acarina) of Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 63: 156-163 [description; distribution; host]
    Flechtmann & Baker (1975) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 19: 111-122 [taxononmy]
    Urueta (1975) Aranas rojas (Acarina: Tetranychidae) del Departamento de Antioquia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 1: 1-14 [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    Yaseen & Bennett (1977) Distribution, biology and dynamics of the green cassava mite in the Neotropics. Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, 4th, Cali Colombia, IDRC, Ottawa, Canada: 197-202 [distribution]
    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]
    Feres et al. (2005) Acaros planticolas (Acari) da Estação ecologica do Noroeste Paulista, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, 5 (1): 43-56 [distribution]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [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]
    Dyamanagouda et al. (2024) New record and redescription of invasive cassava green mite, Mononychellus mcgregori (Flechtmann & Baker) in India on cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz. Acarologia, 64 (3): 879-890 [description; distribution; host; illustration; molecular; taxononmy]