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
  • Host plants
  • 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)

    Host plants (9 plants, 11 references)
    Distribution of host plant reports by order
    The colors of the plant orders follow the classification system of The Plant Phylogeny Project, ranging from Lycopodiales to Dipsacales (hover to display the orders).

    List of host plants by family


    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]