Oligonychus (Oligonychus) aceris (Shimer, 1869)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Oligonychus)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Oligonychus) aceris (Shimer, 1869). Shimer (1869): 320.

Original description

Acarus aceris Shimer, 1869. Shimer (1869): 320.

Type host: Acer sp.. Type distribution: United States.

Summary

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

         Acarus aceris Shimer, 1869. Valid nomenclatural act Shimer (1869): 320. Type host: Acer sp.. Type distribution: United States.
    Tetranychus aceris (Shimer, 1869). New combination Banks (1907): 598.
    Oligonychus aceris (Shimer, 1869). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 297.
    Oligonychus (Metatetranychoides) aceris (Shimer, 1869). New combination Tuttle & Baker (1968): 122.
    Oligonychus aceris (Shimer, 1869). New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 101.
    Oligonychus (Oligonychus) aceris (Shimer, 1869). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 100.


    Identification tools

    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Shimer (1869)

    Hosts (9 plants, 11 references)


    Juglandaceae: Juglans regia Onucar & Ulu (1988)
    Platanaceae: Platanus occidentalis Tuttle et al. (1976) Platanus orientalis Hamadi & Barbar (2024)
    Sapindaceae: Acer rubrum Pritchard & Baker (1955) Prado et al. (2014) Prado et al. (2015b) Acer saccharinum Reeves (1963) Acer saccharum Pritchard & Baker (1955) Acer sp. Shimer (1869) Beer & Lang (1958) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Acer x freemanii Prado et al. (2014) Prado et al. (2015b) Aesculus sp.


    Distribution (5 countries, 8 references)


    Nearctic: Mexico Beer & Lang (1958) United States Shimer (1869) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Prado et al. (2014) Prado et al. (2015b)
    Palearctic: Korea (Rep. South) Lee (1989) Syria Hamadi & Barbar (2024) Turkiye Onucar & Ulu (1988)


    Literature (15 references in chronological order)


    Shimer (1869) Descriptions of two acarians bred from white maple (Acer dasycarpum). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2: 319-320 [description; distribution; host]
    Banks (1907) A catalogue of the Acarina, or mites, of the United States.. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 32: 595-625 [taxononmy]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [host; taxononmy]
    Beer & Lang (1958) The Tetranychidae of Mexico. University of Kansa Scientifical Bulletin, 38: 1231-1259 [distribution; host]
    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 [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]
    Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) The spider mites (Prostigmata : Tetranychidae) of Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 6: 16-30 [distribution; host]
    Tuttle et al. (1976) Spider mites of Mexico (Acarina : Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 2: 1-102 [host]
    Onucar & Ulu (1988) Some notes on acarina species which have been found on chestnut trees. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi, 12 (1): 33-38 [distribution; host]
    Lee (1989) A systematic study on the Tetranychoid mites (Order : Acarina) in Korea. Chonju, Chonbuk University. PhD Thesis, 124 pp [distribution]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]
    Prado et al. (2014) Effects of pesticide application on Arthropod pests of nursery-grown maples. Journal of Economic Entomology, 107 (2): 708-717 [distribution; host]
    Prado et al. (2015b) Do leaf domatia mediate intraguild predation and host plant resistance to Oligonychus aceris (Shimer) on Red Sunset Maple (Acer rubrum)?. Biological Control, 90: 187-192 [distribution; 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]
    Hamadi & Barbar (2024) New records of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes, Trombidiformes) from Hama Province, Syria. Acarologia, 64 (3): 907-918 [distribution; host]