Oligonychus proteae Meyer & Ryke, 1959

Mushtaq, Hafiz Muhammad Saqib, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, Kamran, Muhammad & Flechtmann, Carlos Holger Wenzel, 2021, The genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae): taxonomic assessment and a key to subgenera, species groups, and subgroups, ZooKeys 1079, pp. 89-127 : 89

5. Oligonychus proteae Meyer & Ryke, 1959

Oligonychus proteae Meyer & Ryke, 1959: 344.

Host and distribution.

Protea coronata ( Proteaceae ); South Africa.

Remarks.

Oligonychus proteae Meyer & Ryke was described from only females, and details of the male were absent in both the original ( Meyer and Ryke 1959) and subsequent descriptions ( Meyer 1974). The taxonomic status of this species has remained doubtful since it was proposed ( Meyer and Ryke 1959; Meyer 1974), and it was excluded from the list of Oligonychus species reported from Africa ( Meyer 1987). The species identity of O. proteae will be resolved after collecting and describing the male from the type host and locality.