Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Oligonychus)
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) yothersi (McGregor, 1914). McGregor (1914): 355.
Tetranychus yothersi McGregor, 1914. McGregor (1914): 355.
Type host: Carya illinoinensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Eucalyptus sp., Quercus alba, Quercus phellos, Ulmus americana. Type distribution: United States. Oligonychus major Ewing, 1921. Synonym description Ewing (1921): 660. Type host: Persea americana. Type distribution: United States.
Paratetranychus major (Ewing, 1921). New combination McGregor (1950): 343.
Oligonychus major (Ewing, 1921). Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 330.
Tetranychus yothersi McGregor, 1914. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1914): 355. Type host: Carya illinoinensis, Cinnamomum camphora, Eucalyptus sp., Quercus alba, Quercus phellos, Ulmus americana. Type distribution: United States.
Paratetranychus yothersi (McGregor, 1914). New combination Banks (1915): 37.
Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor, 1914). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 330.
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) yothersi (McGregor, 1914). New combination Tuttle et al. (1977): 4.
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) yothersi (McGregor, 1914). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 101.
Anacardiaceae: Anacardium excelsum Aguilar & Murillo (2012) Anacardium occidentale Mangifera indica Pritchard & Baker (1955) Garrett & Haramoto (1967) Paschoal & Reis (1968) Urueta (1975) Salas (1978) Goff (1986) Ochoa et al. (1990a)
Annonaceae: Mkilua fragrans Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
Aquifoliaceae: Ilex paraguariensis Aranda (1969) [Note: Missidentified as O. coffeae (Bolland et al., 1998)] Oliveira et al. (2004) Gouvea et al. (2006) Gouvea et al. (2007) Rode et al. (2023)
Araceae: Syngonium podophyllum Aguilar & Solano-Guevara (2020)
Araliaceae: Tetrapanax papyrifer Aguilar & Murillo (2012)
Arecaceae: Arenga engleri Chamaedorea costaricana Aguilar & Solano-Guevara (2020) Dypsis lutescens
Asteraceae: Cosmos sulphureus Aguilar & Murillo (2008)
Bignoniaceae: Tecoma sp. Guanilo et al. (2012)
Bixaceae: Bixa orellana Salas (1978)
Buxaceae: Buxus sp.
Caricaceae: Carica papaya
Combretaceae: Terminalia catappa
Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea sp. Urueta (1975)
Cupressaceae: Cupressus sp. Aguilar & Murillo (2008)
Elaeagnaceae: Elaeagnus parvifolia
Ericaceae: Azalea sp. Flechtmann (1976a) Rhododendron sp. Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Urueta (1975) Salas (1978)
Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta Ricinus communis Urueta (1975) Guanilo et al. (2012)
Fabaceae: Acacia melanoxylon Aguilar & Solano-Guevara (2020) Calliandra sp. Urueta (1975) Copaifera langsdorffii Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Erythrina edulis Erythrina sp. Urueta (1975)
Fagaceae: Castanea sativa Paschoal & Reis (1968) Quercus alba McGregor (1914) Quercus phellos McGregor (1914)
Hypericaceae: Hypericum hypericoides Salas (1978)
Juglandaceae: Carya illinoinensis McGregor (1914) Juglans regia Gonzalez (1961)
Lauraceae: Cinnamomum camphora McGregor (1914) McGregor (1950) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Rossi Simons (1971) Ma & Yuan (1981a) Laurus nobilis Gonzalez (1961) Persea americana Ewing (1921) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Gonzalez (1961) Paschoal & Reis (1968) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Gonzalez & Flechtmann (1977) Salas (1978) Lopez Laport (1999) Peña (2003) Suarez (2004) Reyes et al. (2011) Guanilo et al. (2012) Rioja et al. (2019)
Lythraceae: Lagerstroemia speciosa Salas (1978) Punica granatum
Malvaceae: Theobroma cacao
Melastomataceae: Clidemia sp. Urueta (1975) Miconia sp. Guanilo et al. (2012) Tibouchina lepidota Urueta (1975)
Meliaceae: Guarea guidonia Paschoal (1970a) Buosi et al. (2006) Trichilia havanensis Aguilar & Murillo (2008)
Moraceae: Ficus elastica Morus alba Sheikholeslam-Zadeh & Sadeghi-Nameghi (2010b)
Musaceae: Musa x paradisiaca Urueta (1975) Vargas et al. (1996a)
Myrtaceae: Callistemon lanceolatus Salas (1978) Eucalyptus sp. McGregor (1914) Freitez (1974) Urueta (1975) Gonzalez & Flechtmann (1977) Salas (1978) Eucalyptus urophylla Pinto et al. (2012) Eugenia punicifolia Tuttle et al. (1977) Eugenia sp. Aranda (1974) Eugenia uniflora Flechtmann (2020a) Psidium guajava Salas (1978)
Onagraceae: Fuchsia sp. Urueta (1975)
Oxalidaceae: Averrhoa carambola Pritchard & Baker (1955) Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968)
Platanaceae: Platanus orientalis Sheikholeslam-Zadeh & Sadeghi-Nameghi (2010b)
Proteaceae: Grevillea robusta
Rosaceae: Cotoneaster microphyllus Rossi Simons (1971) Cydonia oblonga Gonzalez (1961) Urueta (1975) Eriobotrya japonica Salas (1978) Malus domestica Gonzalez (1961) Salas (1978) Prunus persica Rossi Simons (1971) Salas (1978) Prunus serotina Pritchard & Baker (1955) Vásquez & Dávila (2018) Pyracantha sp. Gonzalez (1961) Rossi Simons (1971) Pyrus communis Gonzalez (1961) Rosa sp. Rossi Simons (1971) Flechtmann (1976a) Salas (1978)
Rubiaceae: Coffea arabica Pritchard & Baker (1955) Baker & Pritchard (1962) Aranda (1969) [Note: Missidentified as O. coffeae (Bolland et al., 1998)] Urueta (1975) Salas (1978)
Salicaceae: Populus tremuloides Salas (1978) Salix alba Pritchard & Baker (1955) Rossi Simons (1961) Rossi Simons (1971) Salix humboldtiana Salix sp. Gonzalez (1961) Urueta (1975)
Sapindaceae: Litchi chinensis Pritchard & Baker (1955)
Sapotaceae: Chrysophyllum cainito Salas (1978)
Solanaceae: Brugmansia sanguinea Guanilo et al. (2012)
Theaceae: Camellia sinensis Flechtmann (1976a) Camellia sp. Salas (1978)
Ulmaceae: Ulmus americana McGregor (1914)
Urticaceae: Cecropia peltata Guanilo et al. (2012)
Vitaceae: Ampelopsis sp. Rossi Simons (1971) Vitis vinifera Rossi Simons (1971) Salas (1978) da Silva et al. (2020) Ferla et al. (2024)
Australasian: Hawaiian Is. Garrett & Haramoto (1967) Goff (1986) [Note: Yee (1963) reported this species from mango in the Hawaiian Islands without indicating any specific island. No specimens have been identified from mango or the other hosts for this species since that report and the species may not be established in the Hawaiian Islands.]
Nearctic: Mexico Baker & Pritchard (1962) United States McGregor (1914) Ewing (1921) McGregor (1950) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Baker & Pritchard (1962) Peña (2003)
Neotropical: Argentina Pritchard & Baker (1955) Rossi Simons (1961) Baker & Pritchard (1962) Rossi Simons (1971) Brazil Paschoal & Reis (1968) Aranda (1974) Flechtmann & Baker (1975) Flechtmann (1976a) Tuttle et al. (1977) Oliveira et al. (2004) Feres et al. (2005) Buosi et al. (2006) Gouvea et al. (2006) Gouvea et al. (2007) Pinto et al. (2012) da Silva et al. (2020) Flechtmann (2020a) Rode et al. (2023) Ferla et al. (2024) Chile Gonzalez (1961) Lopez Laport (1999) Rioja et al. (2019) Colombia Pritchard & Baker (1955) Baker & Pritchard (1962) Urueta (1975) Reyes et al. (2011) Costa Rica Baker & Pritchard (1962) Salas (1978) Ochoa et al. (1990a) Ochoa et al. (1991) Aguilar & Murillo (2008) Aguilar & Murillo (2012) Aguilar & Solano-Guevara (2020) Cuba Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Cuervo et al. (1994) Suarez (2004) Ecuador Pritchard & Baker (1955) Baker & Pritchard (1962) Vásquez & Dávila (2018) Nicaragua Ochoa et al. (1991) Paraguay Aranda (1969) [Note: Missidentified as O. coffeae (Bolland et al., 1998)] Peru Gonzalez & Flechtmann (1977) Guanilo et al. (2012)
Oriental: China Ma & Yuan (1981a)
Palearctic: Iran Sheikholeslam-Zadeh & Sadeghi-Nameghi (2010a) Sheikholeslam-Zadeh & Sadeghi-Nameghi (2010b) Beyzavi et al. (2013)
McGregor (1914) Four new tetranychids. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 7: 354-364 [description; distribution; field; host]
Banks (1915) The Acarina or mites. A review of the group for the use of economic entomologists. U.S. Dep. Agric. Report No 108. 153 pp [taxononmy]
Ewing (1921) New nearctic spider mites of the family Tetranychidae. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 59 (2394): 659-666 [description; distribution; host]
McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [description; distribution; host; illustration; taxononmy]
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]
Gonzalez (1961) Contribucion a la conocimiento de los acaros del manzano en Chile central. Boletin Técnico Estacacion Experimental Agronomica Universidad de Chile, 11: 1-58 [distribution; host; pest]
Rossi Simons (1961) Lista de las especies de Tetranychidae (Acari) de la Republica Argentina. Idia, 163: 9-13 [distribution; host]
Baker & Pritchard (1962) Arañas rojas de América Central (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 23: 309-340 [distribution; host]
Garrett & Haramoto (1967) A catalog of Hawaiian Acarina. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 19: 381-414 [distribution; host]
Livshits & Salinas-Croche (1968) Preliminares acerca de los acaros Tetranicos de Cuba. Cuba, Centro Nacional Fitosanirario, 156 pp [distribution; host]
Paschoal & Reis (1968) Relacao de acaros encontrados em plantas. Revista de Agricultura, 43: 137-139 [distribution; host]
Aranda (1969) Contribucao para o conhecimento de acaros de plantas do Paraguay. M Sc Thesis. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, São Paulo: 51 pp [distribution; host]
Paschoal (1970a) Contribuicao ao conhecimento da familia Tetranychidae no Brasil (Arachnida : Acarina). PhD Thesis. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, Universitat Sao Paulo, Brasil: 116 p [host]
Rossi Simons (1971) Novedades acarologicas argentinas. Idia, 278: 22-26 [distribution; host]
Aranda (1974) Tetranychoidea (Acari) de uma area de cerrado do estado de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, São Paulo: 47 [distribution; host]
Freitez (1974) Reconcimiento preliminar de Acaros fitoparasitos de la familia Tetranychidae de Costa Rica (Acarina). San José, Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica, Facultad de Agronomia: 130 p [host]
Flechtmann & Baker (1975) A report on the Tetranychidae (Acari) of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 19: 111-122 [distribution; host]
Urueta (1975) Aranas rojas (Acarina: Tetranychidae) del Departamento de Antioquia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 1: 1-14 [distribution; host]
Flechtmann (1976a) Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor), uma praga potencial do cha. Revista de Agricultura, 51: 178 [distribution; host; pest]
Gonzalez & Flechtmann (1977) Revision de los acaros fitofagos en el Peru y descripcion de un nuevo genero de Tetranychidae (Acari). Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 20: 67-71 [distribution; host]
Tuttle et al. (1977) Spider mites (Tetranychidae: Acarina) of the state of Ceara, Brazil. International Journal of Acarology, 3: 1-8 [distribution; host; taxononmy]
Salas (1978) Algunas notas sobre las arañitas rojas (Tetranychidae: Acari) halladas en Costa Rica. Agronomia Costarricense, 2: 47-59 [distribution; host]
Ma & Yuan (1981a) New species and new records of tetranychid mites from China II. (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Zoological Research, 2: 281-287 [distribution; host]
Goff (1986) Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal of Acarology, 12: 43-49 [distribution; host]
Ochoa et al. (1990a) Acaros fitoparasitos asociados al cultivo del mango (Mangifera indica L.) en Costa Rica. Manejo Integrado de Plagas, 16: 32-37 [distribution; host]
Ochoa et al. (1991) Acaros fitofagos de America Central: guia ilustrada. Serie Técnica. Manual técnico, Turrialba, Costa Rica, CATIE: 251 p [distribution]
Cuervo et al. (1994) Lista alfabetica de las especies de acaros de Cuba (Arachnida: Acari). Ciudad de La Habana: 21 p [distribution]
Vargas et al. (1996a) Identificacion de acaros en coberturas vivas y malezas en Costa Rica. Manejo Integrado de Plagas, 40-43 [host]
Lopez Laport (1999) Situacion sanitaria del palto en Chile. Revista Chapingo Serie Horticultura, 5: 329-336 [distribution; host; pest]
Peña (2003) Pests of avocado in Florida. Proceedings of V world avocado congress: 487-494 [distribution; host; pest]
Oliveira et al. (2004) Entomopathogenic fungi selection to control Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Paraguay tea crops (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hill.). Neotropical Entomology, 33 (3): 347-351 [chemical; distribution; host]
Suarez (2004) Catalogo de acaros de la provincia de Guantanamo. Fitosanidad, 8: 23-31 [distribution; host]
Feres et al. (2005) Acaros planticolas (Acari) da Estação ecologica do Noroeste Paulista, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, 5 (1): 43-56 [distribution]
Buosi et al. (2006) Plant inhabiting mites (Acari) of the Estação Ecológica de Paulo de Faria, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 6 (1): 9 [distribution; host]
Gouvea et al. (2006) Populational dynamics of mites (Acari) in the mate-tea tree (Ilex paraguariensis St. hil.: Aquifoliaceae). Neotropical Entomology, 35 (1): 101-111 [distribution; host]
Gouvea et al. (2007) Presence-absence sampling plan for Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) on mate-tea orchard. Neotropical Entomology, 36 (4): 583-586 [distribution; field; host]
Aguilar & Murillo (2008) New hosts and records of plant feeding mites for Costa Rica: interval 2002-2008. Agronomia Costarricense, 32: 7-28 [distribution; host]
Sheikholeslam-Zadeh & Sadeghi-Nameghi (2010a) First records of four mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Iran. Applied Entomology and Phytopathology, 78: 121-126 [distribution]
Sheikholeslam-Zadeh & Sadeghi-Nameghi (2010b) Faunistic survey of injurious mites associated with broad leaf trees in Mashhad greens (In Persian). Journal of Plant Protection (Agricultural Sceince, Technology), 24: 210-217 [distribution; host]
Reyes et al. (2011) Biología de Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) sobre Aguacate Persea americana Mill. var. Lorena (Lauraceae). Caldasia, 33: 115-124. [distribution; host]
Aguilar & Murillo (2012) New hosts and records of plant feeding mites for Costa Rica: interval 2008-2012. Agronomia Costarricense, 36: 11-28 [distribution; host]
Guanilo et al. (2012) Phytophagous and fungivorous mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Astigmata) from Peru. International Journal of Acarology, 38 (2): 120-134 [distribution; host]
Pinto et al. (2012) New record and characteristics of damage caused by Oligonychus yothersi on Eucalyptus urophylla. Phytoparasitica, 40: 143-145 [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]
Vásquez & Dávila (2018) Some plant mites (Acari: Tetranychidae: Stigmaeidae) from Province of Tungurahua in Ecuador. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 44 (3): 339-345 [distribution; host]
Rioja et al. (2019) Avocado Hass leaf age affects life table parameters of Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) under laboratory conditions. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research, 79 (4): 557-564 [distribution; host]
Aguilar & Solano-Guevara (2020) New hosts, records of plant feeding mites for Costa Rica: interval 2013-2018. Agronomia Costarricense, 44 (1): 9-28 [distribution; host]
da Silva et al. (2020) Bioecological aspects of mites associated with Vitis vinifera varieties in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 25 (9): 1618-1642 [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]
Rode et al. (2023) Systemic activity of azadirachtin on Oligonychus yothersi (Acari: Tetranychidae) on yerba mate plants. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, 90 (1-8): e00162022 [distribution; host]
Ferla et al. (2024) Reproduction in the spider mite Oligonychus yothersi (Acari: Tetranychidae). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 96 (4): e20230500 [distribution; host; laboratory]