| Oligonychus | |
|---|---|
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| Oligonychus velascoi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Tetranychidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetranychinae |
| Genus: | Oligonychus Berlese, 1886 |
| Species | |
About 200 | |
Oligonychus is a genus of mites in the family Tetranychidae, the spider mites. Many members of this genus are familiar pests of plants. There are about 200 described species. [1]
Species include:
- Oligonychus aceris (maple spider mite), a pest of maples [2]
- Oligonychus afrasiaticus (date palm spider mite), a major pest of the date palm in North Africa and the Middle East; [3] [4] also on grasses, including maize [1]
- Oligonychus araneum (grasswebbing mite) [5]
- Oligonychus bicolor (oak red mite), on oaks and other hardwood trees [6]
- Oligonychus biharensis (cassava red mite), many cultivated fruits and ornamental plants [1]
- Oligonychus coffeae (tea red spider mite), "considered to be the most serious pest of tea". [7] Also a pest of coffee, cotton, and jute, and recorded on cashew, African oil palm, rubber, and several fruit crops [7]
- Oligonychus coniferarum , a pest of many conifer trees used for Christmas trees [8]
- Oligonychus gossypii (cotton red mite), cotton, fruits, beans, ornamentals [1]
- Oligonychus ilicis (southern red mite, coffee red mite), a pest of many woody ornamentals, especially azaleas and camellias, [9] first described from American holly (Ilex opaca) [10]
- Oligonychus indicus (sugarcane red spider mite, sugarcane leaf mite), banana and grass crops [1]
- Oligonychus litchii , grasses and palms [1]
- Oligonychus mangiferus (mango spider mite), many fruit crops, sweet potato, cotton, ornamentals [1]
- Oligonychus mcgregori , avocado, cassava, cotton, ornamentals [1]
- Oligonychus milleri (pine spider mite), [5] known from many species of pine [11]
- Oligonychus oryzae (paddy leaf mite, rice leaf mite), a pest of rice [12]
- Oligonychus palus , banana [13]
- Oligonychus perditus , a pest of ornamental conifers, such as juniper bonsai [14]
- Oligonychus perseae (persea mite), a top pest of avocado in California, also on ornamentals [15]
- Oligonychus pratensis (Banks grass mite), corn, turfgrasses [16]
- Oligonychus punicae (ash flower gall mite, avocado brown mite), [5] a pest of avocado [17]
- Oligonychus sacchari (sugarcane yellow mite), on sugarcane and other grasses [18]
- Oligonychus shinkajii , grass crops such as rice, sugarcane, and bamboo [1]
- Oligonychus thelytokus , some fruits, cassava, cotton, and ornamentals [1]
- Oligonychus ununguis (spruce spider mite), a pest of conifers with a preference for spruces [19]
- Oligonychus yothersi (avocado red mite), a pest of yerba mate [20] and avocado [21]
- Oligonychus zeae (maize spider mite), banana and grasses [1]
