Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)
Oligonychus (Reckiella) sacchari (McGregor, 1942). McGregor (1942): 91.
Paratetranychus sacchari McGregor, 1942. McGregor (1942): 91.
Type host: Saccharum officinarum. Type distribution: Puerto Rico. Paratetranychus sacchari McGregor, 1942. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1942): 91. Type host: Saccharum officinarum. Type distribution: Puerto Rico.
Oligonychus sacchari (McGregor, 1942). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 355.
Oligonychus (Reckiella) sacchari (McGregor, 1942). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 106.
Orchidaceae: Dendrobium sp. McGregor (1950)
Poaceae: Bambusa bambos Gupta & Gupta (1994) Bambusa sp. Gupta & Gupta (1978) Cymbopogon citratus Naing et al. (2014) Melinis minutiflora Migeon (2015) Panicum maximum Migeon (2015) Pennisetum purpureum Migeon (2015) Saccharum officinarum McGregor (1942) Rodrigues (1968) Gutierrez (1982) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Nik-Khoo & Khosrow-Shahi (1995) Flechtmann (1996a) Afshari et al. (2007) Migeon (2015) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Saccharum sp. Migeon (2015) Setaria sp. McGregor (1950) Sorghum arundinaceum Freitez & Alvarado (1978b) Sorghum bicolor Freitez & Alvarado (1978b) Migeon (2015) Sorghum halepense Freitez & Alvarado (1978b) Sorghum sp. Gutierrez (1982) Tripsacum laxum Migeon (2015)
Afrotropical: Mozambique Rodrigues (1968)
Australasian: Fiji Gutierrez (1982) Migeon (2015) French Polynesia Migeon (2015) New Caledonia Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015) Vanuatu McGregor (1950)
Neotropical: Brazil Flechtmann (1996a) Cuba Cuervo et al. (1994) Martinique McGregor (1950) [Note: Reported with no precision from Windward Islands but set here to Martinique (the biggest island)] Puerto Rico McGregor (1942) Venezuela Freitez & Alvarado (1978b)
Oriental: India Gupta (1976) Gupta (1992) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Thailand Naing et al. (2014)
Palearctic: Iran Sepasgosarian (1977) Afshari et al. (2007) Beyzavi et al. (2013) Nikpay & Goebel (2018)
McGregor (1942) A new spinning mite attacking sugar cane in Puerto Rico. Journal of the Agricultural University of Puerto Rico, 26: 91-94 [description; distribution; host]
McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [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]
Rodrigues (1968) Acarina de Mocambique catalogo das especies relacionadas com a agricultura. Agronomia Mocambicana, 2: 215-256 [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 [distribution]
Sepasgosarian (1977) The 20 years research of acarology in Iran. Journal of the Iranian Society of Engineers, 56: 40-50 [distribution]
Freitez & Alvarado (1978b) Acaraos en gramineas de los estados Portuguesa y Yaracuy - Venezuela. Ciarco, Venezuela, 8: 55-61 [distribution; host]
Gupta & Gupta (1978) On a collection of tetranychoid mites from Madhya Pradesh, India, with a description of a new Eotetranychus (Acari: Trombidiformes). Indian Journal of Acarology, 3: 87-91 [host]
Gutierrez (1982) Deux acariens phytophages vivant sur canne à sucre à la Réunion: Oligonychus etiennei n.sp. (Tetranychidae) et Abacarus sacchari (Eriophyidae). Agronomie Tropicale, 37 (4): 389-392 [distribution; host]
Gupta (1992) Arachnida: plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part 3: 61-211 [distribution]
Cuervo et al. (1994) Lista alfabetica de las especies de acaros de Cuba (Arachnida: Acari). Ciudad de La Habana: 21 p [distribution]
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]
Nik-Khoo & Khosrow-Shahi (1995) Investigation on the effect of certain acaricides on Tetranychus turkestani in potato fields. 12th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Karady, Iran: 152 [host]
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]
Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution]
Afshari et al. (2007) Seasonal variety and spatial distribution of Oligonychus sacchari (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) and Stethorus gilvifrons (Col: Coccinellidae) in the sugarcane fields in south of Ahwaz. The scientific Journal of Agriculture, 30 (1): 135-147 [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]
Naing et al. (2014) New species and new records of Tetranychidae (Acarina, Prostigmata) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 3802(2): 257-275 [distribution; host]
Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
Nikpay & Goebel (2018) Field evaluation of sugarcane varieties against Yellow Mite Oligonychus sacchari McGregor (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae). Sugar Tech, 20: 613-616 [distribution]
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]