Oligonychus (Reckiella) digitatus Davis, 1966

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Reckiella) digitatus Davis, 1966. Davis (1966): 569.

Original description

Oligonychus digitatus Davis, 1966. Davis (1966): 569.

Type host: Digitaria didactyla, Pennisetum clandestinum. Type distribution: Australia.

Summary

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  • Identification
  • Host plants
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Oligonychus digitatus Davis, 1966. Valid nomenclatural act Davis (1966): 569. Type host: Digitaria didactyla, Pennisetum clandestinum. Type distribution: Australia.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) digitatus Davis, 1966. New combination Gutierrez & Schicha (1983): 109.
    Oligonychus digitatus Davis, 1966. New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 110.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) digitatus Davis, 1966. New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 104.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Davis (1966)

    Host plants (5 plants, 5 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


    Poaceae: Chloris gayana Seeman & Beard (2011) Cynodon dactylon Gutierrez & Schicha (1983) Beard et al. (2003) Seeman & Beard (2011) Digitaria didactyla Davis (1966) Davis (1968e) Seeman & Beard (2011) Pennisetum clandestinum Davis (1966) Davis (1968e) Seeman & Beard (2011) Stenotaphrum secundatum Davis (1968e) Gutierrez & Schicha (1983)

    Distribution (1 country, 4 references)


    Australasian: Australia Davis (1966) Davis (1968e) Beard et al. (2003) Seeman & Beard (2011)

    Literature (7 references in chronological order)


    Davis (1966) Studies of Queensland Tetranychidae. 1. Oligonychus digitatus sp. n. (Acarina: Tetranychidae), a spider mite from grass. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, 23: 569-572 [description; distribution; host]
    Davis (1968e) Oligonychus araneum sp. n., Oligonychus digitatus Davis (Acarina: Tetranychidae) as pests of grasses in eastern Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 7: 123-126 [distribution; host]
    Gutierrez & Schicha (1983) The spider mite family Tetranychidae (Acari) in New South Wales. International Journal of Acarology, 9(3): 99-116 [host; taxononmy]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]
    Beard et al. (2003) Spider mites of sugarcane in Australia: a review of grass-feeding Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 42: 51-78 [distribution; host]
    Seeman & Beard (2011) Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Zootaxa, 2961: 1-72 [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]