Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)
Oligonychus (Reckiella) afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939). McGregor (1939): 255.
Paratetranychus afrasiaticus McGregor, 1939. McGregor (1939): 255.
Type host: Phoenix dactylifera. Type distribution: Algeria. Paratetranychus afrasiaticus McGregor, 1939. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1939): 255. Type host: Phoenix dactylifera. Type distribution: Algeria.
Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 349.
Oligonychus (Reckiella) afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939). New combination Jeppson et al. (1975): 209.
Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939). New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 101.
Oligonychus (Reckiella) afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939). New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 104.
Oligonychus simplex Hirst, 1920. Synonym description Hirst (1920): 60.
Oligonychus simplex Hirst, 1920. Synonymy by Pritchard & Baker (1955): 349.
Arecaceae: Hyphaene thebaica Alatawi (2020) Phoenix canariensis Alatawi (2020) Phoenix dactylifera André (1932) McGregor (1939) Baker & Pritchard (1960) Damiano (1961) El-Haidari (1965) Coudin & Galvez (1976) Guessoum (1986) Palevsky et al. (2003) Palevsky et al. (2005) Ben-David et al. (2007) Ben Chaaban & Chermiti (2009) Ben Chaaban et al. (2011) Ben-David et al. (2013) Negm et al. (2014) Migeon (2015) Arbabi et al. (2017) Alatawi & Kamran (2018) Khanjani et al. (2018) Mirza et al. (2018) Alatawi (2020) Latifian et al. (2021) Alatawi et al. (2023) Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Ali et al. (2024) Ben Chaaban et al. (2025) Jahangiri et al. (2025) Tliba et al. (2025) Washingtonia filifera Palevsky et al. (2003) Mushtaq et al. (2021a) Mushtaq et al. (2023b)
Asteraceae: Pulicaria sp. Mushtaq et al. (2023b)
Celastraceae: Catha edulis
Poaceae: Aeluropus littoralis Alatawi (2020) Bambusa sp. Zeity & Srinivasa (2019) Bromus sp. Zeity & Srinivasa (2019) Cenchrus ciliaris Alatawi (2020) Cynodon dactylon Zaher et al. (1982) Palevsky et al. (2003) Ben-David et al. (2013) Zeity & Srinivasa (2019) Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Dichanthium annulatum Alatawi (2020) Hilaria sp. Alatawi (2020) Hyparrhenia hirta Alatawi (2020) Imperata cylindrica Lolium sp. Pennisetum divisum Alatawi (2020) Pennisetum glaucum Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Pennisetum sp. Alatawi (2020) Poaceae sp. Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Saccharum officinarum Ben-David et al. (2013) Mushtaq et al. (2021a) Sorghum bicolor Ben Chaaban et al. (2011) Mushtaq et al. (2021a) Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Sorghum halepense Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Zea mays Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968) Mushtaq et al. (2021a)
Solanaceae: Solanum melongena Ben Chaaban et al. (2011)
Afrotropical: Chad Munier (1952) Mali Munier (1952) Mauritania Munier (1952) Coudin & Galvez (1976) Migeon (2015) Niger Munier (1952) Sudan Baker & Pritchard (1960) Yemen Mushtaq et al. (2023b)
Nearctic: Mexico Estebanes-Gonzalez & Baker (1968)
Oriental: Pakistan Mushtaq et al. (2023b)
Palearctic: Algeria André (1932) McGregor (1939) Guessoum (1986) Tliba et al. (2025) Egypt Zaher et al. (1982) Iran Khalil-Manesh (1973) Izadi et al. (2010) Beyzavi et al. (2013) Arbabi et al. (2017) Khanjani et al. (2018) Latifian et al. (2021) Jahangiri et al. (2025) Iraq Buxton (1920) El-Haidari (1965) Ali et al. (2024) Israel and Palestinian Territories Gerson et al. (1983) Palevsky et al. (2003) Palevsky et al. (2005) Ben-David et al. (2007) Ben-David et al. (2013) Libya Martin (1958) Damiano (1961) Morocco Saba (1973b) Saudi Arabia Beccari (1971) Negm et al. (2014) Alatawi & Kamran (2018) Mirza et al. (2018) Alatawi (2020) Alhewairini et al. (2021) Mushtaq et al. (2021a) Alatawi et al. (2023) Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Syria Zeity & Srinivasa (2019) Tunisia Pagliano (1951) Ben Chaaban & Chermiti (2009) Ben Chaaban et al. (2011) Ben Chaaban et al. (2025)
Buxton (1920) Insects pests of dates and the date palm in Mesopotamia and elsewhere. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 11(3): 287-303 [distribution]
Hirst (1920) Revision of the English species of red spider (Genera Tetranychus and Oligonychus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 4: 49-60 [description]
André (1932) Contribution à l'étude du Bou-Faroua Tétranyque nuisible au dattier en Algérie. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 23: 301-338 [distribution; host]
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Pagliano (1951) Les ennemis des vergers des olivettes et des palmeraies. Office exp. et vulgarisation agr., Société des Editions françaises Afrique du Nord: 366 p [distribution]
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El-Haidari (1965) A preliminary list of mites of Iraq. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research and Projects, Bulletin, 110: 1-15 [distribution; host]
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Beccari (1971) Contributo alla conoscenza dell entomofauna dell Arabia Saudita. Primo elenco di insetti, acari e nematodi. Rivista di Agricoltura subtropicale e tropicale, 65: 243-258 [distribution]
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Coudin & Galvez (1976) Biologie de l'acarien du palmier dattier Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor) en Mauritanie. Fruits, 31 (9): 543-550 [distribution; host]
Zaher et al. (1982) Spider mites of Egypt (Acari: Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 8 (2): 91-114 [distribution; host]
Gerson et al. (1983) Phytophagous mites on date palms in Israel. Fruits, 38: 133-135 [distribution]
Guessoum (1986) Approach of a bio-ecological study of the mite Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Boufaroua) on date palms. Annales de l'Institut National Agronomique, 10: 153-166 [distribution; host]
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Palevsky et al. (2003) Species of Oligonychus infesting date palm cultivars in the Southern Arava Valley of Israel. Phytoparasitica, 31: 144-153 [distribution; host]
Palevsky et al. (2005) Population dynamics of Oligonychus afrasiaticus in the southern Arava Valley of Israel in relation to date fruit characteristics and climatic conditions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 7: 283-290 [distribution; host]
Ben-David et al. (2007) ITS2 sequences as barcodes for identifying and analyzing spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 41: 169-181 [distribution; host]
Ben Chaaban & Chermiti (2009) Characteristics of date fruit and its influence on population dynamics of Oligonychus afrasiaticus McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the southern Tunisia. Acarologia, 49 (1-2): 29-37 [distribution; host]
Izadi et al. (2010) Some phytophagous mites associated with pomegranate, palm and citrus in southeast Iran. Moraes, G.J. de, Castilho, R.C., Flechtmann, C.H.W., 13th International Congress of Acarology, Recife-PE,Brazil, Abstract book: 112 [distribution]
Ben Chaaban et al. (2011) Oligonychus afrasiaticus and phytoseiid predators seasonal occurrence on date palm Phoenix dactylifera (Deglet Noor cultivar) in Tunisian oases. Bulletin of Insectology, 64 (1): 15-21 [distribution; host]
Ben-David et al. (2013) An annotated list of the spider mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) of Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology, 43: 125-148 [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]
Negm et al. (2014) Biology, predation, and life table of Cydnoseius negevi and Neoseiulus barkeri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on the old world date mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Insect Science, 14 (1): 177 [distribution; host]
Migeon (2015) The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection. Zookeys, 489: 15-24 [distribution; host]
Arbabi et al. (2017) Evaluation of different treatments in control of Oligonychus afrasiaticus in date palm orchards of Iran. Persian Journal of Acarology, 6: 125-135 [distribution; host]
Alatawi & Kamran (2018) Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Saudi Arabia: two new species, new records and a key to all known species. Journal of Natural History, 52: 429-455 [distribution; host]
Khanjani et al. (2018) The spider mites of the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Iran. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23 (2): 223-287 [distribution; host]
Mirza et al. (2018) Webbing life type, behavioral response of the date palm mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus, to webbing residues on leaves and fruits of date palm. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 76: 197-207 [distribution; host]
Zeity & Srinivasa (2019) Updated contribution to the knowledge of Tetranychoidea (Acari: Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae) from Syria with reinstatement of genus Nuciforaella Vacante. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24: 529-543 [distribution; host]
Alatawi (2020) Field studies on occurrence, alternate hosts, mortality factors of Date Palm Mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 19 (2): 146-150 [distribution; host]
Alhewairini et al. (2021) A new strategy for controlling the date palm mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor) and Eutetranychus palmatus. Attiah (Acari: Tetranychidae) using cinnamaldehyde. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 58 (2): 783-789 [distribution]
Latifian et al. (2021) Economic injury level of date spider mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae) on six commercial date cultivars. Persian Journal of Acarology, 10 (4): 451-466 [distribution; host; pest]
Mushtaq et al. (2021a) Two new life types and assessment of web-associated behavioral characteristics of some Oligonychus species on various host plants. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 83 (2): 211-227 [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]
Alatawi et al. (2023) Does the sampling of date palm fruits help in early detection of date palm mite, Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae)?. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 91: 429-437 [distribution; field; host; pest]
Mushtaq et al. (2023b) Molecular-based taxonomic inferences of some spider mite species of the genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae). Insects, 14 (2): 192 [distribution; host]
Ali et al. (2024) Managing dust mite Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranchidae) infesting date palm orchards by using lemongrass extract and nanosulfur. Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 37 (1): 1-14 [distribution; host]
Ben Chaaban et al. (2025) Integrated pest management strategies for Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Tunisia. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 10 (6): 5115-5128 [distribution; host; pest]
Jahangiri et al. (2025) Population changes and spatial distribution pattern of date palm spider mite Oligonychus afrasiaticus (McGregor) in natural conditions of Ramshir, Khuzestan province, Iran. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 27 (1): 203-216 [distribution; field; host; modeling; pest]
Tliba et al. (2025) Population dynamics and trophic interactions between Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Acari: Tetranychidae) and its predator Stethorus punctillum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on date palms in the north-eastern Algerian Sahara. Persian Journal of Acarology, 14 (2): 279-293 [biocontrol; distribution; field; host]