Hystrichonychus McGregor, 1950 [genus]

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Hystrichonychini

Accepted name

Hystrichonychus McGregor, 1950. McGregor (1950): 272

Notes: This genus is distinctive in that the dorsum (Fig. 135) is provided with 3 pairs of prodorsal and 12 pairs of opisthosomal setae; dorsal body setae long and set on strong tubercles; most opisthosomal setae contiguous; true claws short pads provided with tenent hairs distally; peritreme forms an anastomosis distally. (Meyer, 1987).

The genus Hystrichonychus comprises 11 species.

Original description

Hystrichonychus McGregor, 1950. McGregor (1950): 272

Summary

  • Nomenclature
  • Identification
  • Literature
  • Parent taxon
  • Child taxons

    • Nomenclature and taxonomy
    Hystrichonychus McGregor, 1950. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1950): 272
    Neotetranycopsis Bagdasarian, 1951. Synonym description Bagdasarian (1951): 371
    Neotetranycopsis Bagdasarian, 1951. Synonymy by Bagdasarian (1957): 73

    Description and nomenclature literature (2 results)
    [Taxon description] McGregor (1950)
    [Synonym description] Bagdasarian (1951)

    Identification tools

    Literature (3 references in chronological order)


    McGregor (1950) Mites of the family Tetranychidae. American Midland Naturalist, 44: 257-420 [description]
    Bagdasarian (1951) Contributions to the fauna of spider mites (Fam. Tetranychidae) of Yerevan and its environs. Akademia Nauk Arm. S.S.R. Izv. Biol. S.Kh. Nauk, 4: 368-374 [description]
    Bagdasarian (1957) Tetranychoid mites (superfamily Tetranychoidea). Fauna of the Armenian S.S.R. Erevan, Akademia Nauk Armenia S.S.R. Zool. Institut: 163 p [taxononmy]

    Parent taxon

     Hystrichonychini [tribe]

    Child taxons

     Hystrichonychus ambiguae [species]
    Hystrichonychus anisoseta [species]
    Hystrichonychus atacamensis [species]
    Hystrichonychus gracilipes [species]
    Hystrichonychus hymenocleae [species]
    Hystrichonychus nepetae [species]
    Hystrichonychus nolinae [species]
    Hystrichonychus orcuttii [species]
    Hystrichonychus pamirica [species]
    Hystrichonychus sidae [species]
    Hystrichonychus spinosus [species]