Monoceronychus McGregor, 1945 [genus]

Classification

Tetranychidae - Bryobiinae - Hystrichonychini

Accepted name

Monoceronychus McGregor, 1945. McGregor (1945): 100

Notes: Species of Monoceronychus are readily recognized by their elongate bodies; prodorsum with 3 projections and 3 pairs of dorsal setae (v2, sc1-2); opisthosoma bears 10 pairs of dorsal body setae, fourth pair of dorsocentral setae (f1) widely spaced and usually located marginally; true claws and empodia pad-like (Meyer, 1987).

The genus Monoceronychus comprises 20 species.

Original description

Monoceronychus McGregor, 1945. McGregor (1945): 100

Summary

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

    • Nomenclature and taxonomy
    Monoceronychus McGregor, 1945. Valid nomenclatural act McGregor (1945): 100
    Monoceronychus (Monoceronychus) McGregor, 1945. Change of status Wainstein (1960b): 218

    Description and nomenclature literature (1 result)
    [Taxon description] McGregor (1945)

    Identification tools

    Literature (2 references in chronological order)


    McGregor (1945) A new genus and species of tetranychid mite from California. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 47: 100-102 [description]
    Wainstein (1960b) A revision of the tribe Petrobiini (Reck) (Acariformes, Tetranychidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39: 214-226 [taxononmy]

    Parent taxon

     Hystrichonychini [tribe]

    Child taxons

     Monoceronychus aechmetes [species]
    Monoceronychus aristidae [species]
    Monoceronychus aristidoides [species]
    Monoceronychus bambusicola [species]
    Monoceronychus boreus [species]
    Monoceronychus bouteloua [species]
    Monoceronychus californicus [species]
    Monoceronychus curtipendulae [species]
    Monoceronychus enoplus [species]
    Monoceronychus linki [species]
    Monoceronychus littoralis [species]
    Monoceronychus machetes [species]
    Monoceronychus muhlenbergiae [species]
    Monoceronychus pachucensis [species]
    Monoceronychus panici [species]
    Monoceronychus phleoides [species]
    Monoceronychus pulcherrimae [species]
    Monoceronychus scolus [species]
    Monoceronychus sticticus [species]
    Monoceronychus tchecensis [species]