Oligonychus (Reckiella) oryzae (Hirst, 1926)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Reckiella) oryzae (Hirst, 1926). Hirst (1926): 830.

Original description

Paratetranychus oryzae Hirst, 1926. Hirst (1926): 830.

Type host: Oryza sativa. Type distribution: India.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Hosts
  • Distribution
  • Literature
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  • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Paratetranychus oryzae Hirst, 1926. Valid nomenclatural act Hirst (1926): 830. Type host: Oryza sativa. Type distribution: India.
    Oligonychus oryzae (Hirst, 1926). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 357.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) oryzae (Hirst, 1926). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 105.


    Identification tools

    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Hirst (1926)

    Hosts (10 plants, 11 references)


    Araceae: Colocasia esculenta Migeon (2015)
    Musaceae: Musa sp. Baker (1975a) Musa x paradisiaca Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Poaceae: Bambusa sp. Gupta (1992) Migeon (2015) Cynodon dactylon Gupta (1976) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Hordeum vulgare Gupta & Gupta (1994) Oryza sativa Hirst (1926) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Beard et al. (2003) Dam (2009) Flechtmann (2020a) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Poaceae sp. Gupta & Gupta (1994) Setaria sp. Gupta & Gupta (1994) Zea mays Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975)


    Distribution (5 countries, 10 references)


    Australasian: Papua New Guinea Migeon (2015)
    Neotropical: Brazil Flechtmann (2020a)
    Oriental: India Hirst (1926) Gupta (1992) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Beard et al. (2003) Migeon (2015) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Thailand Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) Vietnam Dam (2009)


    Literature (13 references in chronological order)


    Hirst (1926) Descriptions of new mites including four new species of red spider . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 96 (3): 825-841 [description; distribution; host]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [taxononmy]
    Baker (1975a) Plant-feeding mites of Thailand (Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, and Tuckerellidae). Plant Protection Service Technical Bulletin. Bangkok, Thailand. No 35: 43 p [distribution; host]
    Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) The spider mites of Thailand (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Mushi, 48: 149-185 [distribution; host]
    Gupta (1976) Contribution to our knowledge of tetranychid mites (Acarina) with descriptions of three new species from India. Oriental Insects, 10 (3): 327-351 [host]
    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]
    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]
    Dam (2009) Vietnam plant protection review 2007-2009. 26th session of the APPPC, New Delhi, India [distribution; host]
    Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
    Flechtmann (2020a) Spider mites, host plants, new records for Brazil (Acari: Tetranychidae). Entomological Communications, 2: ec02004 [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]
    Bhaskar et al. (2025b) A catalogue of spider mite (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) fauna associated with agricultural ecosystems of Kerala, South India with a taxonomic key. Acarologia, 65 (2): 534-546 [distribution; host]