The genus Oligonychus Berlese (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae): taxonomic assessment and a key to subgenera, species groups, and subgroups Author Mushtaq, Hafiz Muhammad Saqib https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-4325 Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia Author Alatawi, Fahad Jaber Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia falatawi@ksu.edu.sa Author Kamran, Muhammad Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia Author Flechtmann, Carlos Holger Wenzel Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura " Luiz de Queiroz ", Universidade de Sao Paulo, 13418 - 900, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil text ZooKeys 2021 2021-12-22 1079 89 127 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.75175 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.75175 1313-2970-1079-89 E3D873CB7039478D898608E461087E98 197A4D35B1015C98B02BCD9B2169132B 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.