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Distribution
Taxonomy Changes
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Fig. 1. Oligonychus velascoi adult male and female (non-types) - detail of claws.

Fig. 2. Oligonychus velascoi adult female (non-types) - detail of claw I.

Fig. 3. Oligonychus velascoi adult female (non-types) - detail of claw IV.

Fig. 4. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of pregenital striae pattern and striae on genital flap.

Fig. 5. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of prodorsal strriae and lobes (n.b. peritremem tip visible under scale bar in top right corner).

Fig. 6. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of prodorsal strriae and lobes.

Fig. 7. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of prodorsal strriae and lobes.

Fig. 8. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between dorsal setae e1, f1 and f2.

Fig. 9. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between dorsal setae e1, f1 and f2.

Fig. 10. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult female - detail of pattern of dorsal striae between dorsal setae e1, f1 and f2.

Fig. 11. Oligonyhcus velascoi holotype male - detail of claw I.

Fig. 12. Oligonyhcus velascoi holotype male - detail of claw IV.

Fig. 13. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult males (non-type, Australia) - detail and variation in shape of claw I.

Fig. 14. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult males (non-type, Australia) - detail and variation in shape of claw IV (arrow indicates minute dorsal spur).

Fig. 15. Oligonyhcus velascoi holotype male - detail of peritreme (arrow indicates tip).

Fig. 16. Oligonyhcus velascoi holotype male - detail of prodorsal striae.

Fig. 17. Oligonychus velascoi adult male holotype - detail of aedeagus (at different focal points); and detail of claws I, III, IV.

Fig. 18. Oligonyhcus velascoi holotype male - detail of aedeagus (with straight tip).

Fig. 19. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult males - detail and variation in shape of aedeagus (holotype top left; other specimens from Australia).

Fig. 20. Oligonychus velascoi adult male (non-types, Australia) - detail of aedeagus (at different focal points).

Fig. 21. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult male (non-type, Australia) - detail of aedeagus; single individual, different focal points.

Fig. 22. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult male (non-type, Australia) - detail of aedeagus.

Fig. 23. Oligonyhcus velascoi adult male (non-type, Australia) - detail of aedeagus; single individual, two focal points.

Oligonychus velascoi Rimando 1962

Material examined

types; non-types

Taxonomy

Subfamily Tetranychinae

Tribe Tetranychini

Common Name

none

Distribution

++Australia, *The Philippines, Thailand

Taxonomy Changes

none

Diagnosis

Female

Male

Hosts

+^Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae), +Musa sp. (Musaceae), *Pennisetum purpureum (Poaceae), #Zea mays (Poaceae).

+ Rimando (1962) mentioned non-type specimens from these hosts in the original description; Australian specimens from Musa sp.

^ Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) state they examined one male from coconut in Mae Sai, Thailand - however, the illustration of the aedeagus provided (Fig. 105 on p. 179) does not match O. velascoi, and is more reminiscent of O. plegas.

#Australian specimens are from Zea mays and Musa sp.

Similar Taxa

Oligonychus digitatus Davis 1966

Oligonychus plegas Baker & Pritchard 1960

References

Baker, E.W. (1975)  Plant feeding mites of Thailand (Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae and Tuckerellidae). Plant Protection Service Technical Bulletin 35: 1-43

Ehara, S. and Wongsiri, T. (1975)  The spider mites of Thailand (Acarina: Tetranychidae).  Mushi 48(13): 149-185

Migeon, A. and Dorkeld, F. (2006-2017) Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb

*Rimando, L.C. (1962b)  The tetranychoid mites of The Philippines.  University of The Philippines College of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 11: 1-52 

Notes

++ Not yet officially recorded in Australia.

Baker (1975) records O. velascoi from Digitaria sp. and Zea mays, from Bangkhen, Thailand, and does not provide illustrations.  I examined these specimens and conclude that they represent a different species.