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
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Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
hartlandrowei
Evans
Typhlodromus
(
Typhlodromus
)
hartlandrowei
Evans, 1958: 580581
;
Chant 1959: 60
.
Clavidromus hartlandrowei
,
Muma, 1961: 296
.
Typhlodromus
(
Neoseiulus
)
hartlandrowei
,
Pritchard & Baker, 1962: 222
.
Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
hartlandrowei
, Moraes
et al.
2004b: 328
;
Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 155
;
Ueckermann
et al.
2008: 50
.
This species belongs to the
bergi
species group (
Chant and McMurtry 1994
). The biology of that species is totally unknown. This is the first mention of that species outside the African continent.
World distribution
:
Democratic Republic of Congo
,
Nigeria
,
Uganda
.
Specimens examined
:
two specimens
(
2 ♀
) collected during this study.
Fomboni
, University (
25 m
aasl,
12°17
′
3
″
S
,
43°44
′
34
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Persea americana
Miller (Lauraceae)
,
4/XII/2018
;
Bangoma
, top of the village (
42 m
aasl,
12°17
′
15
″
S
,
43°43
′
40
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Anacardium occidentale
L. (
Anacardiaceae
)
4/XII/2020
.
Remarks
: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens (
Table 6
) fit well with measurements of the original description given by
Evans (1958)
, those given by
Ueckermann
et al.
(2008)
concerning specimens from Africa and those of specimens from
Anjouan Island
(
Kreiter
et al.
2021
).