Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus
Tetranychus piercei McGregor, 1950. McGregor (1950): 299.
Tetranychus piercei McGregor, 1950. McGregor (1950): 299.
Type host: Clitoria ternatea. Type distribution: Philippines.Tetranychus manihotis Flechtmann, 1981. Flechtmann (1981c): 84.
Tetranychus manihotis Flechtmann, 1981. Synonym description Flechtmann (1981c): 84.
Tetranychus manihotis Flechtmann, 1981. Homonym Flechtmann (1981c): 84.
Tetranychus manihotis Flechtmann, 1981. Synonymy by Bolland et al. (1998): 206.
Tetranychus piercei McGregor, 1950. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1950): 299. Type host: Clitoria ternatea. Type distribution: Philippines.
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) piercei McGregor, 1950. New combination Tseng (1990): 201.
Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus sp. Ohno et al. (2010)
Apocynaceae: Plumeria sp. Ohno et al. (2010)
Araceae: Alocasia macrorrhizos Seeman & Beard (2011) Colocasia esculenta Ohno et al. (2009) Migeon (2015)
Arecaceae: Areca catechu Ho et al. (1997) Arecaceae sp. Ehara (1966a) Elaeis guineensis Rajaratnam & Hock (1975) Trachycarpus fortunei Chen et al. (2024)
Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochia liukiuensis Ohno et al. (2010) Asarum blumei
Asparagaceae: Cordyline sp. Arimoto et al. (2013)
Asteraceae: Ageratum conyzoides Lo (1969) Ageratum sp. Ehara & Lee (1971) Emilia sonchifolia Ohno et al. (2010)
Caricaceae: Carica papaya Ehara (1969c) Flechtmann & Etienne (2001) Quimio et al. (2012) Quimio et al. (2013) Migeon (2015) Dina & Santoso (2017) Rosa & Pramudi (2020) Pramudi et al. (2022)
Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas Ehara (1966a) Ipomoea biflora Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea grandifolia Ohno et al. (2010) Ipomoea indica Ohno et al. (2010) Matsuda et al. (2013) Ipomoea pes-caprae Ohno et al. (2010)
Cucurbitaceae: Benincasa hispida Ohno et al. (2009) Citrullus lanatus Ho et al. (1997) Ohno et al. (2009) Matsuda et al. (2013) Suzuki et al. (2014) Coccinia grandis Ohno et al. (2009) Cucumis melo Ho et al. (1997) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Matsuda et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Cucumis sativus Ohno et al. (2009) Cucurbita maxima Ohno et al. (2009) Cucurbita moschata Zhang et al. (2016b) Cucurbita sp. Ho et al. (1997) Luffa cylindrica Ho et al. (1997) Ohno et al. (2009) Sechium edule Ohno et al. (2009) Migeon (2015)
Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha australis Ohno et al. (2010) Codiaeum variegatum Euphorbia prostrata Ohno et al. (2010) Jatropha integerrima Ohno et al. (2010) Mallotus japonicus Ohno et al. (2010) Manihot esculenta Doreste (1984a) Ma & Wu (1984) Ohno et al. (2009) Migeon (2015) Manihot sp. Flechtmann (1981c) Melanolepis multiglandulosa Ohno et al. (2010) Ricinus communis
Fabaceae: Arachis hypogaea Ohno et al. (2009) Bauhinia sp. Ohno et al. (2010) Calopogonium mucunoides Migeon (2015) Canavalia gladiata Ohno et al. (2009) Canavalia rosea Canavalia sp. Ohno et al. (2010) Clitoria ternatea McGregor (1950) Baker (1975a) Migeon (2015) Erythrina variegata Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011a) Galactia tashiroi Ohno et al. (2010) Glycine max Ohno et al. (2009) Gotoh et al. (2015) Glycine sp. Lee et al. (1999) Lablab purpureus Ohno et al. (2009) Arimoto et al. (2013) Macroptilium atropurpureum Ohno et al. (2011b) Mucuna macrocarpa Ohno et al. (2011b) Mucuna pruriens Ohno et al. (2010) Phaseolus lunatus Ho et al. (1997) Phaseolus vulgaris Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Schicha & Guttierrez (1985) Ohno et al. (2009) Migeon (2015) Pueraria montana Gotoh et al. (1996b) Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Gotoh et al. (2003a) Gotoh et al. (2007d) Gotoh et al. (2007e) Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011a) Arimoto et al. (2013) Senna obtusifolia Vigna marina Ohno et al. (2010) Vigna radiata Ohno et al. (2009) Vigna reflexo-pilosa Ohno et al. (2010) Vigna unguiculata Ho et al. (1997) Ohno et al. (2009)
Geraniaceae: Geranium carolinianum Ohno et al. (2010)
Hypoxidaceae: Curculigo orchioides Ma et al. (1979)
Malvaceae: Abelmoschus esculentus Ohno et al. (2009) Abutilon indicum Ohno et al. (2010) Corchorus olitorius Ohno et al. (2009) Hibiscus mutabilis Ohno et al. (2010)
Moraceae: Broussonetia papyrifera Ohno et al. (2010) Morus alba Ma et al. (1979) Ohno et al. (2010)
Musaceae: Musa textilis Musa x paradisiaca Lo (1968a)
Oxalidaceae: Oxalis corniculata Ohno et al. (2010) Oxalis debilis Ohno et al. (2010)
Passifloraceae: Passiflora foetida
Phyllanthaceae: Phyllanthus amarus Ohno et al. (2010) Ohno et al. (2011a)
Poaceae: Zea mays Ohno et al. (2010)
Polygalaceae: Polygala paniculata Gutierrez et al. (1979a) Migeon (2015)
Rhamnaceae: Frangula crenata
Rosaceae: Prunus persica Lo (1968a) Rosa chinensis Othman & Zhang (2003b) Rosa sp. Ohno et al. (2010)
Rutaceae: Murraya paniculata Ohno et al. (2010)
Saururaceae: Houttuynia cordata
Solanaceae: Capsicum annuum Ho et al. (1997) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Solanum melongena Ohno et al. (2009)
Violaceae: Viola sp. Ohno et al. (2010)
Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera Ho et al. (1997)
Zingiberaceae: Alpinia galanga Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2010) Curcuma longa Ohno et al. (2009)
Australasian: Papua New Guinea Schicha & Guttierrez (1985) Migeon (2015)
Nearctic: United States Skelley et al. (2025)
Neotropical: French Guiana Flechtmann & Etienne (2001) Suriname Bolland et al. (1998)
Oriental: Bangladesh Ullah et al. (2014) China Ehara & Lee (1971) Ma et al. (1979) Ma & Wu (1984) Wang et al. (1985) Zhang et al. (2016b) Chen et al. (2024) Indonesia Gutierrez et al. (1979a) Arimoto et al. (2013) Migeon (2015) Dina & Santoso (2017) Rosa & Pramudi (2020) Pramudi et al. (2022) Japan Ehara (1966a) Ehara & Lee (1971) Gotoh et al. (1996b) Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Gotoh et al. (2007e) Hinomoto et al. (2007a) Ohno et al. (2009) Ohno et al. (2011a) Arimoto et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Suzuki et al. (2014) Malaysia Rajaratnam & Hock (1975) Othman & Zhang (2003b) Arimoto et al. (2013) Migeon (2015) Philippines McGregor (1950) Corpuz-Raros & Navasero (2008) Quimio et al. (2012) Quimio et al. (2013) Taiwan Lo (1968a) Lo (1969) Ho et al. (1997) Thailand Baker (1975a) Arimoto et al. (2013) Vietnam Van Dinh (1994) Migeon (2015)
Palearctic: China Wang (1981a) Ge et al. (2013) Japan Gotoh et al. (2003a) Gotoh et al. (2007d) Seeman & Beard (2011) Arimoto et al. (2013) Gotoh et al. (2015) Korea (Rep. South) Lee et al. (1999)
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Lee et al. (1999) Phylogeny and diagnostic markers of six Tetranychus species (Acarina: Tetranychidae) in Korea based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I. Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology, 2: 85-92 [distribution; host]
Takafuji & Gotoh (1999) Diapause characteristics of some Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) mites of Okinawa island. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 8 (1): 51-54 [distribution; host]
Flechtmann & Etienne (2001) Plant mites from Guadeloupe, French Guyana, with descriptions of five new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 27 (4): 261-270 [distribution; host]
Gotoh et al. (2003a) Wolbachia distribution and cytoplasmic incompatibility based on a survey of 42 spider mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Japan. Heredity, 91: 208-216 [distribution; host]
Othman & Zhang (2003b) Tetranychidae (Acari: Prostigmata) of Malay Peninsula: Checklist, key to genera, species and description of three new species. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 8: 149-173 [distribution; host]
Gotoh et al. (2007d) Species composition and seasonal changes of spider mite density on a leguminous plant Pueraria lobata. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 42 (4): 685-692 [distribution; host]
Gotoh et al. (2007e) Tetranychus mite species identification using esterase and phosphoglucomutase zymograms. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 42 (4): 579-585 [distribution; host]
Hinomoto et al. (2007a) Identification of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) by DNA sequences: a case study in northern Vietnam. International Journal of Acarology, 33 (1): 53-60 [distribution]
Corpuz-Raros & Navasero (2008) Common mite pests of ornamentals and their phytoseid predators. Philippine Entomologist, 22 (2): 223 [distribution]
Ohno et al. (2009) Species composition of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) on vegetables in Okinawa, southwestern Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 44 (4): 627-633 [distribution; host]
Ohno et al. (2010) Non-crop host plants of Tetranychus spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in the field in Okinawa, Japan: determination of possible sources of pest species and inference on the cause of peculiar mite fauna on crops. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 45 (3): 465-475 [host]
Ohno et al. (2011a) Wild host plants of four spider mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting fruit crops in Okinawa. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 14: 281-284 [distribution; host]
Ohno et al. (2011b) Temporal occurrence of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 20 (1): 37-40 [host]
Seeman & Beard (2011) Identification of exotic pest and Australian native and naturalised species of Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Zootaxa, 2961: 1-72 [distribution; host]
Quimio et al. (2012) Taxonomic survey of mites associated with Papaya in Northern and Southern Mindanao, Philippines. Philippine Entomologist, 26 (2): 199 [distribution; host]
Arimoto et al. (2013) PCR-RFLP Analysis for Identification of Tetranychus Spider Mite Species (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 106: 661-668 [distribution; host]
Ge et al. (2013) Rapid development of 36 polymorphic microsatellite markers for Tetranychus truncatus by transferring from Tetranychus urticae. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 61: 195-212 [distribution]
Matsuda et al. (2013) DNA-Based identification of spider mites: molecular evidence for cryptic species of the genus Tetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 106: 463-472 [distribution; host]
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Suzuki et al. (2014) An LED-based UV-B irradiation system for tiny organisms: System description and demonstration experiment to determine the hatchability of eggs from four Tetranychus spider mite species from Okinawa. Journal of Insect Physiology, 62: 1-10 [distribution; host]
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Dina & Santoso (2017) Identification of pest mite on papaya in the Lombok Island. Indonesian Journal of Entomology, 14 (1): 37-43 [distribution; host]
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Skelley et al. (2025) Adventive arthropods in Florida as reported by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, 1990–2023. Florida Entomologist, 108 (s1): 20240027 [distribution]