Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Oligonychus)
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) ilicis (McGregor, 1917). McGregor (1917): 586.
Tetranychus ilicis McGregor, 1917. McGregor (1917): 586.
Type host: Ilex opaca. Type distribution: United States. Tetranychus ilicis McGregor, 1917. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1917): 586. Type host: Ilex opaca. Type distribution: United States.
Paratetranychus ilicis (McGregor, 1917). New combination McGregor (1919): 673.
Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor, 1917). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 305.
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) ilicis (McGregor, 1917). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 101.
Aquifoliaceae: Ilex crenata Reeves (1963) Ilex opaca McGregor (1917) Ilex sp. Garman (1940) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Vierbergen (1990)
Buxaceae: Buxus sp. Pritchard & Baker (1955)
Clethraceae: Clethra alnifolia Reeves (1963) Clethra sp. Garman (1940)
Cupressaceae: Platycladus orientalis Sadeghi-Namaghi (2010)
Ericaceae: Azalea sp. McGregor (1950) Rota & Biraghi (1987) Erica sp. Leucothoe sp. Reeves (1963) Pieris sp. Vierbergen (1990) Rhododendron schlippenbachii Rhododendron sp. Pritchard & Baker (1955) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Rota & Biraghi (1987) Vierbergen (1990) Matsuda et al. (2012) Migeon (2015) Vaccinium corymbosum Lopez & Liburd (2020) Esquivel-Ayala & Vargas-Sandoval (2023) Lopez & Liburd (2023) Marucci et al. (2024) Ayala-Ortega et al. (2025)
Fagaceae: Quercus sp.
Juglandaceae: Carya illinoinensis Flechtmann & Baker (1970) Juglans regia
Lauraceae: Cinnamomum camphora Laurus nobilis Pritchard & Baker (1955)
Melastomataceae: Rhexia sp. Flechtmann & Hunter (1971)
Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Flechtmann (1983a) Eucalyptus grandis Flechtmann (1983a) Eucalyptus pellita Flechtmann (1983a) Eucalyptus sp. Mesa & Zuluaga (1983) Flechtmann (1996a) Eucalyptus tereticornis Flechtmann (1982) Psidium guajava Aranda & Flechtman (1971)
Pentaphylacaceae: Cleyera sp. Flechtmann & Hunter (1971)
Pinaceae: Picea sp.
Platanaceae: Platanus occidentalis
Poaceae: Oryza sp.
Rosaceae: Cotoneaster sp. Cydonia oblonga Eriobotrya japonica Fragaria sp. Pyrus communis Rosa sp. Garman (1940)
Rubiaceae: Coffea arabica Calza & Sauer (1952) Paschoal & Reis (1968) Flechtmann (1996a) Fahl et al. (2007) Tuelher et al. (2014) Ixora sp. Flechtmann & Baker (1975)
Theaceae: Camellia sinensis Ehara (1960) Gotoh et al. (2003a) Gotoh et al. (2007a) Matsuda et al. (2012) Matsuda et al. (2014) Camellia sp. Garman (1940) McGregor (1950) Rota & Biraghi (1987) Stewartia sp.
Nearctic: Mexico Esquivel-Ayala & Vargas-Sandoval (2023) Ayala-Ortega et al. (2025) United States McGregor (1917) Garman (1940) Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) Lopez & Liburd (2020) Lopez & Liburd (2023) Marucci et al. (2024)
Neotropical: Brazil Calza & Sauer (1952) Paschoal & Reis (1968) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Flechtmann (1996a) Fahl et al. (2007) Tuelher et al. (2014) Paraguay Aranda & Flechtman (1971)
Palearctic: Iran Sadeghi-Namaghi (2010) Beyzavi et al. (2013) Italy Rota & Biraghi (1987) Bernini et al. (1995) Pellizzari et al. (2005) Japan Pritchard & Baker (1955) Ehara (1960) Gotoh et al. (2003a) Gotoh et al. (2007a) Matsuda et al. (2012) Matsuda et al. (2014) Korea (Rep. South) Lee (1989) Netherlands Vierbergen (1990) Migeon (2015)
McGregor (1917) Description of seven new species of red spiders. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 51: 581-590 [description; distribution; host]
McGregor (1919) The red spiders of America and a few European species likely to be introduced. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 56: 641-679 [taxononmy]
Garman (1940) Tetranychidae of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, 431: 67-88 [distribution; host]
McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [host]
Calza & Sauer (1952) A aranha vermelha dos cafezais. Biològico, Saõ Paulo, 18: 201-208 [distribution; host]
Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [distribution; host; taxononmy]
Ehara (1960) On some japanese tetranychid mites of economic importance. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 4: 234-241 [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]
Paschoal & Reis (1968) Relacao de acaros encontrados em plantas. Revista de Agricultura, 43: 137-139 [distribution; host]
Flechtmann & Baker (1970) A preliminary report on the Tetranychidae (Acarina) of Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 63: 156-163 [host]
Aranda & Flechtman (1971) A report on the Tetranychidae of Paraguay. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 73: 29-33 [distribution; host]
Flechtmann & Hunter (1971) The spider mites (Prostigmata : Tetranychidae) of Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 6: 16-30 [distribution; host]
Flechtmann & Baker (1975) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 19: 111-122 [distribution; host]
Flechtmann (1982) The cassava mite complex. III - New distribution records, mainly from Colombia, Africa. References to other plants. Anais da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 39: 809-813 [host]
Flechtmann (1983a) Dois acaros novos para o eucalipto, com uma lista daqueles ja assinalados para esta planta. Ipef, Piracicaba, 23: 43-46 [host]
Mesa & Zuluaga (1983) Revision analitica de la literatura sobre acarologia agricola de Colombia. Palmira, Columbia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Faculdad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, 33 pp [host]
Rota & Biraghi (1987) Oligonychus ilicis (Mc Gregor): a tetranychid mite new to Europe, phytophagous on azaleas, camellias, rhododendrons. L'Informatore Agrario, 43: 105-107 [distribution; host]
Lee (1989) A systematic study on the Tetranychoid mites (Order : Acarina) in Korea. Chonju, Chonbuk University. PhD Thesis, 124 pp [distribution]
Vierbergen (1990) The spider mites of the Netherlands and their economic significance (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Proceedings of the Section Experimental and Applied Entomology of the Netherlands Entomological Society, 1: 158-164 [distribution; host]
Bernini et al. (1995) Arachnida Acari. Minelli, A., Ruffo, S., La Posta, S., Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana, Commission of the European Communities, 24: 24-66 [distribution]
Flechtmann (1996a) Rediscovery of Tetranychus abacae Baker & Pritchard, additional description and notes on South American spider mites (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13: 569-578 [distribution; host]
Gotoh et al. (2003a) Wolbachia distribution and cytoplasmic incompatibility based on a survey of 42 spider mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Japan. Heredity, 91: 208-216 [distribution; host]
Pellizzari et al. (2005) List of alien insect and mite pests introduced to Italy in sixty years (1945-2004). Plant protection and plant health in Europe - Introduction and spread of invasive species, Berlin: poster [distribution]
Fahl et al. (2007) Alterations in leaf anatomy and physiology caused by the red mite (Oligonychus ilicis) in plants of Coffea arabica. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, 19 (1): 61-68 [distribution; host]
Gotoh et al. (2007a) Cardinium symbionts cause cytoplasmic incompatibility in spider mites. Heredity, 98: 13-20 [distribution; host]
Sadeghi-Namaghi (2010) Mites (Acari: Prostigmata & mesostigmata) inhabiting green planting in urban environment of North-Eastern Iran, including six new records. Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal, 5: 123-130 [distribution; host]
Matsuda et al. (2012) Molecular-based identification and phylogeny of Oligonychus species (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 105: 1043-1050 [distribution; host]
Beyzavi et al. (2013) A catalog of Iranian prostigmatic mites of superfamilies Raphignathoidea & Tetranychoidea (Acari). Persian Journal of Acarology, 2 (3): 389-474 [distribution]
Matsuda et al. (2014) Phylogenetic analysis of the spider mite sub-family Tetranychinae (Acari: Tetranychidae) based on the mitochondrial COI gene, the 18S and the 5 end of the 28S rRNA genes indicates that several genera are polyphyletic. Plos One, 9: e108672 [distribution; host]
Tuelher et al. (2014) Toxicity of organic-coffee-approved products to the southern red mite Oligonychus ilicis, to its predator Iphiseiodes zuluagai. Crop Protection, 55: 28-34 [distribution; host]
Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
Lopez & Liburd (2020) Injury to southern highbush blueberries by southern red mites and management using various miticides. Insects, 11 (4): 233 [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]
Esquivel-Ayala & Vargas-Sandoval (2023) First record of Oligonychus ilicis McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae) on blueberry in Michoacan, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas, 14 (7): e3149 [distribution; host]
Lopez & Liburd (2023) Miticidal tools for management of southern red mites infesting southern highbush blueberries. Insects, 14 (7): 573 [distribution; host]
Marucci et al. (2024) Are predatory mites effective as biological control agents to suppress Oligonychus ilicis (Acari: Tetranychidae) in blueberry plantings?. Journal of Economic Entomology, 117 (3): 834-842 [biocontrol; distribution; host]
Ayala-Ortega et al. (2025) Diversity and abundance of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes and Trombidiformes) on blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae) in Michoacan, Mexico. Revista Colombiana de Entomología, 51 (1): e13062 [distribution; host]