Oligonychus (Reckiella) indicus (Hirst, 1923)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Reckiella) indicus (Hirst, 1923). Hirst (1923): 990.

Original description

Paratetranychus indicus Hirst, 1923. Hirst (1923): 990.

Type host: Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum sp.. Type distribution: India, Pakistan.

Summary

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

         Paratetranychus indicus Hirst, 1923. Valid nomenclatural act Hirst (1923): 990. Type host: Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum sp.. Type distribution: India, Pakistan.
    Oligonychus indicus (Hirst, 1923). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 354.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) indicus (Hirst, 1923). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 105.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Hirst (1923)

    Host plants (23 plants, 15 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


    Arecaceae: Areca catechu Prasad (1974) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Cocos nucifera Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Fabaceae: Glycine sp.
    Musaceae: Musa sp. Prasad (1974) Gupta (1992) Gupta (1995) Musa x paradisiaca Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Nelumbonaceae: Nelumbo nucifera
    Poaceae: Brachiaria distachya Prasad (1974) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Cynodon dactylon Gupta & Gupta (1994) Dactyloctenium aegyptium Gupta et al. (1971b) Dichanthium annulatum Gupta & Gupta (1994) Oryza sativa Gupta & Gupta (1994) Oryza sp. Prasad (1974) Poaceae sp. Gupta (1992) Saccharum arundinaceum Gupta & Gupta (1994) Saccharum bengalense Gupta & Gupta (1994) Saccharum officinarum Rahman & Sapra (1940a) Rahman & Sapra (1940b) Venkatraman & Sharma (1960) Kazimi & Ghani (1969) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Setaria viridis Ma & Yuan (1980a) Sorghum arundinaceum Sorghum bicolor Hirst (1923) Rahman & Sapra (1940b) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Migeon (2015) Sorghum halepense Rahman & Sapra (1940a) Rahman & Sapra (1940b) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Sorghum sp. Hirst (1923) Sivakumar & Kunchithapatham (2014) Urochloa panicoides Prasad (1974) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Zea mays McGregor & Ortega (1953) Gupta & Gupta (1994)

    Distribution (4 countries, 13 references)


    Afrotropical: Kenya Migeon (2015)
    Oriental: China Ma & Yuan (1980a) India Hirst (1923) Rahman & Sapra (1940b) Venkatraman & Sharma (1960) Gupta (1992) Gupta (1995) Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Sivakumar & Kunchithapatham (2014) Pakistan Hirst (1923) Rahman & Sapra (1940a) Kazimi & Ghani (1969) Gupta (1985) Gupta & Gupta (1994)

    Literature (18 references in chronological order)


    Hirst (1923) On some new or little-known species of Acari. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 93 (4): 971-1000 [description; distribution; host]
    Rahman & Sapra (1940a) Mites of the family Tetranychidae from Lyallpur with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science, Ser. B, 11: 177-196 [distribution; host]
    Rahman & Sapra (1940b) Biology of the mite Paratetranychus indicus Hirst, a pest of sugar cane in the Punjab. Indian Journal of Entomology, 2 (2): 201-212 [distribution; host]
    McGregor & Ortega (1953) Una nueva arana roja de Mexico, Paratetranychus mexicanus sp. n. (Acarina, Tetranychidae). Folleto Tecnico, Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderia, 10: 1-7 [host]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [taxononmy]
    Venkatraman & Sharma (1960) A note on the natural control of the sugarcane mite Oligonychus indicus (Hirst). Current Science, 313-314 [distribution; host]
    Kazimi & Ghani (1969) Resume of work on spider mites and their natural enemies in West Pakistan. Pakistan Station Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Rawalpindi: 7 pp [distribution; host]
    Gupta et al. (1971b) Preliminary note on the phytophagous, predatory mite fauna of Punjaband Himachal Pradesh.. Science and Culture, 37: 296-299 [host]
    Prasad (1974) A catalogue of mites of India. Ludhiana (Punjab), India, Indira Acarology Publishing House: 320 p [host]
    Ma & Yuan (1980a) New species and new records of tetranychid mites from China I. (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 5: 42-45 [distribution; host]
    Gupta (1985) Plant mites of India. Handbook, Zoological Survey of India: 520 pp [distribution]
    Gupta (1992) Arachnida: plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part 3: 61-211 [distribution; host]
    Gupta & Gupta (1994) A taxonomic review of Indian Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostgmata) with description of new species and redescriptions of known species, keys to genera and species. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India, 18: 1-196 [distribution; host]
    Gupta (1995) Plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 4: Fauna of Meghalaya, Part 2: 17-50 [distribution; host]
    Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Acari: plant mites. Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 6: Fauna of Delhi: 485-532 [distribution]
    Sivakumar & Kunchithapatham (2014) Phytophagous mite diversity of Tetranychus spp. and Oligonychus spp. (Acari: Tetranychidae) found on different host plants in Coimbatore district and surrounding regions. Trends in Biosciences, 7 (24): 4113-4117 [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [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]