Schizotetranychus andropogoni Hirst, 1926

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Schizotetranychus

Accepted name

Schizotetranychus andropogoni Hirst, 1926. Hirst (1926): 829.

Original description

Tetranychus (Schizotetranychus) andropogoni Hirst, 1926. Hirst (1926): 829.

Type host: Dichanthium annulatum. Type distribution: India.

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
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  • Distribution
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    • Nomenclature and taxonomy

         Tetranychus (Schizotetranychus) andropogoni Hirst, 1926. Valid nomenclatural act Hirst (1926): 829. Type host: Dichanthium annulatum. Type distribution: India.
    Schizotetranychus andropogoni (Hirst, 1926). New combination Pritchard & Baker (1955): 248.

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    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] Hirst (1926)

    Hosts (10 plants, 13 references)


    Asteraceae: Zinnia sp. Gupta (1984) Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Fabaceae: Cajanus cajan Gupta & Gupta (1994)
    Poaceae: Dichanthium annulatum Hirst (1920) Rao (1953) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Erianthus fulvus Rao (1953) Miscanthus nepalensis Rao (1953) Oryza sativa Gupta (1976) Gupta (1992) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Gupta (1995) Poaceae sp. Prasad (1974) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Saccharum officinarum Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Saccharum spontaneum Rao (1953) Pritchard & Baker (1955) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Sorghum bicolor Khan & Murty (1956)

    Distribution (4 countries, 10 references)


    Nearctic: Mexico Jeppson et al. (1975)
    Oriental: India Hirst (1926) Rao (1953) Gupta (1992) Gupta & Gupta (1994) Gupta (1995) Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Pakistan Gupta (1976) Thailand Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975)

    Literature (15 references in chronological order)


    Hirst (1920) Revision of the English species of red spider (Genera Tetranychus and Oligonychus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 4: 49-60 [host]
    Hirst (1926) Descriptions of new mites including four new species of red spider . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 96 (3): 825-841 [description; distribution]
    Rao (1953) Occurrence of some minor pests on sugarcane at Coimbatore. Proceedings of the first Biennal Conference of Suguracane Research Workers, Coimbatore, January 1951: 7-11 [distribution; host]
    Pritchard & Baker (1955) A revision of the spider mite family Tetranychidae. Memoirs Series, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 2: 472 p [host; taxononmy]
    Khan & Murty (1956) Dicanthium annulatum Stapf, an important alternate host plant of jowar and sugarcane mites. Indian Journal of Entomology, 18: 198-199 [host]
    Prasad (1974) A catalogue of mites of India. Ludhiana (Punjab), India, Indira Acarology Publishing House: 320 p [host]
    Baker (1975a) Plant-feeding mites of Thailand (Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, and Tuckerellidae). Plant Protection Service Technical Bulletin. Bangkok, Thailand. No 35: 43 p [distribution; host]
    Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) The spider mites of Thailand (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Mushi, 48: 149-185 [distribution; host]
    Jeppson et al. (1975) Mites injurious to economic plants. Berkeley, University of California Press: xxiv + 614 p [distribution]
    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; host]
    Gupta (1984) On a collection of tetranychoid mites from Tamil Nadu with description of a new species of Aponychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India, 6: 237-245 [host]
    Gupta (1992) Arachnida: plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part 3: 61-211 [distribution; host]
    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]
    Gupta (1995) Plant mites (Acari). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 4: Fauna of Meghalaya, Part 2: 17-50 [distribution; host]
    Gupta & Chatterjee (1997) Acari: plant mites. Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series 6: Fauna of Delhi: 485-532 [distribution; host]