Oligonychus (Reckiella) bessardi Gutierrez, 1966

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Reckiella) bessardi Gutierrez, 1966. Gutierrez (1966): 603.

Original description

Oligonychus bessardi Gutierrez, 1966. Gutierrez (1966): 603.

Type host: Acroceras sp., Isachne mauritiana. Type distribution: Madagascar.

Summary

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

         Oligonychus bessardi Gutierrez, 1966. Valid nomenclatural act Gutierrez (1966): 603. Type host: Acroceras sp., Isachne mauritiana. Type distribution: Madagascar.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) bessardi Gutierrez, 1966. New combination Helle et al. (1981): 150.
    Oligonychus bessardi Gutierrez, 1966. New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 103.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) bessardi Gutierrez, 1966. New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 104.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Gutierrez (1966)

    Hosts (5 plants, 2 references)


    Musaceae: Musa x paradisiaca Migeon (2015)
    Oxalidaceae: Oxalis corniculata Migeon (2015) Oxalis sp. Migeon (2015)
    Poaceae: Acroceras sp. Gutierrez (1966) Migeon (2015) Isachne mauritiana Gutierrez (1966) Migeon (2015)

    Distribution (1 country, 2 references)


    Afrotropical: Madagascar Gutierrez (1966) Migeon (2015)

    Literature (5 references in chronological order)


    Gutierrez (1966) Cinq nouvelles espèces de Tetranychidae de Madagascar. Acarologia, 8 (4): 594-610 [description; distribution; host]
    Helle et al. (1981) A survey of chromosome complements in the Tetranychidae. International Journal of Acarology, 7: 147-156 [taxononmy]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [taxononmy]
    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]