Oligonychus conostegiae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1974

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus

Accepted name

Oligonychus conostegiae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1974. Tuttle et al. (1974): 15.

Notes: Oligonychus conostegiae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello was briefly described from only females, and details of the male were absent in both the original (Tuttle et al. 1974) and subsequent description (Tuttle et al. 1976). The authors compared it with the female of O. gambelli (described from USA on Quercus gambelii, Fagaceae), and both species differed based on the often variable number of tactile setae proximal to the proximal duplex on tarsus I (Tuttle et al. 1974). Later, O. conostegiae was separated from females of O. platani (described from USA on Platanus occidentalis, Platanaceae) in a diagnostic key, using differences in the comparative lengths of the members of the duplex setae (McGregor 1950; Tuttle et al. 1976). These three species are distributed in similar geographical localities (Migeon and Dorkeld 2021), and their separation requires further taxonomic scrutiny. The species identity of O. conostegiae will be clear after collecting and describing the male from the type host and locality. (Mushtaq et al. 2021)

Original description

Oligonychus (Homonychus) conostegia Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1974. Tuttle et al. (1974): 15.

Type host: Conostegia xalapensis. Type distribution: Mexico.

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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Oligonychus (Homonychus) conostegia Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1974. Valid nomenclatural act Tuttle et al. (1974): 15. Type host: Conostegia xalapensis. Type distribution: Mexico.
    Oligonychus (Homonychus) conostegiae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1974. Emendation Tuttle et al. (1976): 81.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Tuttle et al. (1974)

    Host plants (1 plant, 1 reference)
    Distribution of host plant reports by order
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    Melastomataceae: Conostegia xalapensis Tuttle et al. (1974)

    Distribution (1 country, 1 reference)


    Nearctic: Mexico Tuttle et al. (1974)

    Literature (3 references in chronological order)


    Tuttle et al. (1974) Spider mites from northwestern, north central Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 171: 1-18 [description; distribution; host]
    Tuttle et al. (1976) Spider mites of Mexico (Acarina : Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 2: 1-102 [taxononmy]
    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 [taxonomy]