Definition of the concordis species group of the genus Euseius (Acari: Phytoseiidae), with a morphological reassessment of the species included Author Lopes, Paula C. Author Mcmurtry, James A. Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. text Zootaxa 2015 4048 2 174 190 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.2.2 93f1b352-783d-4736-8ec7-011d43972c87 1175-5326 241225 DA85433F-27C6-4D5B-9243-F40B46B30C1D Euseius hibisci (Chant) Typhlodromus ( Amblyseius ) hibisci Chant, 1959 : 68 . Amblyseius ( Typhlodromalus ) hibisci .— Muma, 1961 : 288 . Typhlodromus hibisci .— Hirschmann, 1962 : 20 . Amblyseius hibisci .— Schuster & Pritchard, 1963 : 228 . Amblyseius ( Euseius ) hibisci .— Rodriguez et al ., 1981 : 648 . Euseius hibisci .— Moraes et al ., 2004 : 70 ; Demite et al ., 2015 . This species seems to have in North America an ecological an ecological importance similar to that of E . concordis in South America , in terms of its wide distribution ( Demite et al ., 2015 ), its abundance, and its wide range of host plants. As cited for E . concordis , there are few reports of the occurrence of E . hibisci outside the American continent and Caribbean islands, as summarised by Demite et al . (2015) . These reports need to be confirmed, given the possibility of misidentifications. This species was not collected in this study, but there are several publications about the morphology of E . hibisci in the literature ( Schuster & Pritchard, 1963 ; McMurtry et al ., 1985; Congdon & McMurtry, 1986 ; Aponte & McMurtry, 1997 ). This species is most similar to E . tularensis , from which it is distinguished mostly by the insertion of r3 (in the unsclerotised cuticle in E . hibisci and usually in the dorsal shield in E . tularensis ) and the length of the peritreme (extending up to the level of j 3 in E . hibisci and at most to the level of z 2 in E . tularensis ).