Oligonychus (Reckiella) plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Oligonychus (Reckiella)

Accepted name

Oligonychus (Reckiella) plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960. Baker & Pritchard (1960): 528.

Original description

Oligonychus plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960. Baker & Pritchard (1960): 528.

Type host: Cocos nucifera. Type distribution: Mauritius.

Summary

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

         Oligonychus plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960. Valid nomenclatural act Baker & Pritchard (1960): 528. Type host: Cocos nucifera. Type distribution: Mauritius.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960. New combination Helle et al. (1981): 150.
    Oligonychus plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960. New combination Bolland et al. (1998): 123.
    Oligonychus (Reckiella) plegas Baker & Pritchard, 1960. New combination Mushtaq et al. (2021b): 105.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Baker & Pritchard (1960)


    Molecular data literature (1 reference)
    Majeed et al. (2023)

    Hosts (9 plants, 6 references)


    Arecaceae: Cocos nucifera Baker & Pritchard (1960) Gutierrez & Schicha (1984) Migeon (2015)
    Caricaceae: Carica papaya Migeon (2015)
    Musaceae: Musa sp. Migeon (2015)
    Poaceae: Brachiaria mutica Migeon (2015) Megathyrsus maximus Majeed et al. (2023) Oryza sativa Schicha & Guttierrez (1985) Migeon (2015) Panicum maximum Saccharum sp. Zea mays Schicha & Guttierrez (1985) Migeon (2015)

    Distribution (7 countries, 8 references)


    Afrotropical: Mauritius Baker & Pritchard (1960) Migeon (2015) Réunion Gutierrez & Etienne (1986) Migeon (2015)
    Australasian: Fiji Gutierrez & Schicha (1984) Migeon (2015) New Caledonia Bolland et al. (1981) Migeon (2015) Papua New Guinea Schicha & Guttierrez (1985) Migeon (2015) Vanuatu Bolland et al. (1998) Migeon (2015)
    Oriental: India Majeed et al. (2023)

    Literature (10 references in chronological order)


    Baker & Pritchard (1960) The tetranychoid mites of Africa. Hilgardia, 29: 455-574 [description; distribution; host]
    Bolland et al. (1981) Chromosomes in spider mites (Tetranychidae-Acari). Acarologia, 22 (3): 271-275 [distribution]
    Helle et al. (1981) A survey of chromosome complements in the Tetranychidae. International Journal of Acarology, 7: 147-156 [taxononmy]
    Gutierrez & Schicha (1984) Phytoseiidae and Tetranychoidea in Fiji and other South Pacific islands (Acari). International Journal of Entomology, India, 26: 386-388 [distribution; host]
    Schicha & Guttierrez (1985) Phytoseiidae of Papua New Guinea, with three new species, and new records of Tetranychidae (Acari). International Journal of Acarology, 11: 173-181 [distribution; host]
    Gutierrez & Etienne (1986) Les Tetranychidae de l'île de la Réunion et quelques-uns de leurs prédateurs. Agronomie Tropicale, 41 (1): 84-91 [distribution]
    Bolland et al. (1998) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers: 392 pp [distribution; 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]
    Majeed et al. (2023) Genetic diversity of major polyphagous spider mite species across host plants and spatial distribution. Indian Journal of Entomology, 85 (4): 882-891 [distribution; host; molecular]