Oligonychus sacchari

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Oligonychus sacchari
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Tetranychidae
Genus: Oligonychus
Species:
O. sacchari
Binomial name
Oligonychus sacchari
(McGregor, 1942)
Synonyms

Paratetranychus sacchariMcGregor, 1942 [1]

Oligonychus sacchari, the sugarcane mite, yellow mite or sugarcane yellow mite, is a species of mite.

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Ecology

The main plant host for O. sacchari is sugar cane, but it also been observed on other grasses, including Bambusa arundinacea , Setaria italica , Sorghum arundinaceum , Sorghum halepense and Sorghum vulgare , and an orchid of the genus Dendrobium . [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Oligonychus sacchari was first described by E. A. McGregor in 1942 under the name Paratetranychus sacchari. [3] The type specimen was living on sugar cane on the island of Puerto Rico. [2]

References

  1. ↑ E. A. McGregor (1942). "A new spinning mite attacking sugar cane in Puerto Rico". The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico. 26 (4): 91–94. doi:10.46429/jaupr.v26i4.13587.
  2. 1 2 "Oligonychus sacchari (McGregor, 1942)". Spider Mites Web. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique . Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  3. 1 2 H. R. Bolland; Jean Gutierrez; Carlos H. W. Flechtmann (1998). World Catalogue of the Spider Mite Family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Brill Publishers. ISBN   978-90-04-11087-8.


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