Allonychus littoralis (McGregor, 1955)

Classification

Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Allonychus

Accepted name

Allonychus littoralis (McGregor, 1955). McGregor (1955): 367.

Original description

Tetranychus (Septanychus) littoralis McGregor, 1955. McGregor (1955): 367.

Type host: Gossypium sp.. Type distribution: Ecuador.

Summary

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

         Tetranychus (Septanychus) littoralis McGregor, 1955. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1955): 367. Type host: Gossypium sp.. Type distribution: Ecuador.
    Allonychus littoralis (McGregor, 1955). New combination Baker & Pritchard (1962): 313.

    Identification tools
    Original description and illustration literature
    [Original description] McGregor (1955)

    Hosts (7 plants, 6 references)


    Bixaceae: Bixa orellana Salas (1978)
    Burseraceae: Bursera simaruba Baker & Pritchard (1962)
    Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta Salas (1978) Doreste (1984a)
    Fagaceae: Quercus rugosa Tuttle et al. (1974)
    Lauraceae: Persea americana Baker & Pritchard (1960) Baker & Pritchard (1962)
    Malvaceae: Gossypium sp. McGregor (1955) Sterculia tragacantha Baker & Pritchard (1962)

    Distribution (5 countries, 5 references)


    Nearctic: Mexico Tuttle et al. (1976)
    Neotropical: Costa Rica Salas (1978) Doreste (1984a) Ecuador McGregor (1955) Baker & Pritchard (1962) Guatemala Baker & Pritchard (1962) Honduras Baker & Pritchard (1962)

    Literature (7 references in chronological order)


    McGregor (1955) Notes on the spider mites of Equador. Revista Ecuatoriana de Entomologia y Parasitologia, 2: 365-377 [description; distribution; host]
    Baker & Pritchard (1960) The tetranychoid mites of Africa. Hilgardia, 29: 455-574 [host]
    Baker & Pritchard (1962) Arañas rojas de América Central (Acarina : Tetranychidae). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 23: 309-340 [distribution; host; taxononmy]
    Tuttle et al. (1974) Spider mites from northwestern, north central Mexico (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 171: 1-18 [host]
    Tuttle et al. (1976) Spider mites of Mexico (Acarina : Tetranychidae). International Journal of Acarology, 2: 1-102 [distribution]
    Salas (1978) Algunas notas sobre las arañitas rojas (Tetranychidae: Acari) halladas en Costa Rica. Agronomia Costarricense, 2: 47-59 [distribution; host]
    Doreste (1984a) Spider mites as important pest of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Griffiths, D.A., Bowman, C.E., Acarology VI, Ellis Horwod Limited, Chichester, 2: 761-769 [distribution; host]