Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Mohéli Island (Comoros Archipelago)
Author
Kreiter, Serge
Author
Payet, Rose-My
CIRAD, Université de Montpellier, Unité Hortsys, Station de Bassin-Plat, 97410 Saint-Pierre, La
Author
Azali, Hamza Abdou
INRAPE, Moroni, Grande Comore, Union des Comores.
text
Acarologia
2021
2021-01-22
61
1
94
114
http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20214419
journal article
10.24349/acarologia/20214419
2107-7207
5402591
Phytoseius hongkongensis
Phytoseius
(
Phytoseius
)
hongkongensis
Swirski & Shechter 1961: 99
;
Amitai & Swirski 1966:
22.
Phytoseius
(
Pennaseius
)
hongkongensis
Ehara 1966: 25
;
Ehara 1972: 169
;
Moraes
et al.
1986: 211
.
Phytoseius hongkongensis
Moraes
et al.
2004a: 240
;
Chant & McMurtry 2007: 129
.
This species belongs to the
plumifer
species group (
Chant and McMurtry 1994
) as setae
R1
and
J2
are present. This species was described from specimens collected on
Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana
(Kunth) Maximovich (Smilacaceae)
, and
Urena lobata
L. (
Malvaceae
) in Victoria Mount Forest,
Hong Kong Island
,
Hong Kong
. Although species of the genus
Phytoseius
are considered to belong to the
type
III (polyphagous generalist predators) of
McMurtry and Croft (1997)
and
McMurtry
et al.
(2013)
, its specific biology is totally unknown.
World distribution
:
Benin
,
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Cape Verde
,
DR Congo
,
Kenya
,
Madagascar Island
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Nigeria
,
Reunion Island
,
Rwanda
,
Senegal
,
South Africa
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
.
Specimens examined
:
22 specimens
(
16 ♀♀
,
2 ♂♂
and
4 imm.
) collected during this study.
Fomboni
, LesHauts (
60 m
aasl,
12°17
′
29
″
S
,
43°44
′
35
″
E
),
7 ♀♀
and
2 imm.
on
Psidium cattleianum
Afzelius ex Sabine (Myrtaceae)
,
7 ♀♀
and
2 imm.
on
Annona senegalensis
Persoon (Annonaceae)
and
4 ♀♀
,
2 ♂♂
and
1 imm.
on
Adansonia digitata
L. (
Malvaceae
),
2/XII/2018
.
Remarks
: Measurements of the
three adult
females agree well with measurements of the literature, especially with those of
Ueckermann
et al.
(2007)
obtained with a great number of specimens (29) from various countries in Africa with those of Kreiter
et al.
(2020b) for specimens from
Vietnam
.