Oligonychus platani (McGregor 1950)

Oligonychus (Homonychus) platani (McGregor)

Oligonychus (Homonychus) platani (McGregor), 1950:349.—Tuttle and Baker, 1968:120.

This mite is similar in many respects to O. (H.) platani (McGregor), but the tactile setae of the duplex setae are longer. Males were not found. This species was collected on Boerhaavia species, Torreon, 2 August.

Oligonychus (Pritchardinychus) Wainstein, 1960:217.

Oligonychus (Pritchardinychus) species

A series of females was collected from the following plants in Mexico: Euphorbia albomarginata Torrey and Gray, 120 miles north of Chihuahua, 8 August; Hyptis species, Guadalajara, 31 July; Pithecolobium dulce (Roxburgh) Bentham, Topolobampo, 24 July; Setaria macrostachya Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, Chihuahua, 8 August; and Sida species, Chihuahua, 8 August.

Oligonychus (Reckiella) Tuttle and Baker, 1968:122.

Oligonychus (Reckiella) mexicanus (McGregor and Ortega)

Paratetranychus mexicanus McGregor and Ortega, 1953:3.

Paratetranychus indicus Hirst.—Pritchard and Baker, 1955:354 [misidentification].

Oligonychus mexicanus.—Estebanes and Baker, 1968:95.

Two collections were made by D. M. Tuttle on Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtevant) Bailey, Torreon, 26 July and Chapingo, 2 July 1969.

This species was placed in synonymy with O. indicus by Pritchard and Baker in 1955. Examination of Indian material in the British museum proved that the two species were different.

Oligonychus (Reckiella) species

Without males no specific determinations can be made. A series of females was found on the following plants: Artemisia bigelovii Gray, Torreon, 5 August; Chenopodium album Linnaeus, Zapotlanejo, 30 July; Cynodon dactylon (Linnaeus) Persoon, Mazatlan, 26 July; Gossypium hirsutum Linnaeus, 8 miles south of Torreon, 5 August; Helianthus annuus Linnaeus, 107 miles south of Torreon, 6 August; Parthenium incanum Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, Torreon, 6 August; Setaria lutescens (Weigel) Hubbard, Zapotlanejo, 30 July; Solarium rostratum Dunal, Guadalajara, 31 July; Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurber) Rydberg, Torreon, 5 August; Verbena Carolina Linnaeus, Guadalajara, 31 July; and Zea mays var. saccharata (Sturtevant) Bailey, Guadalajara, 31 July.

Tetranychus Dufour, 1832:276.

Tetranychus (Tetranychus) Dufour, 1636:276.—Wainstein 1960:149.—Tuttle and Baker, 1968:126.

Oligonychus (Homonychus) platani (McGregor)

Paratetranychus platani McGregor, 1950:349.

Oligonychus platani—Tuttle and Baker 1964:36; 1968:120.

A single female was collected from Artemesia filifolia Torrey at Portal, Arizona, 23 August 1968.

Oligonychus (Reckiella) Tuttle and Baker, 1968:122.

TYPE-SPECIES.—Tetranychus pratensis Banks, by original designation.