<document ID-ISSN="2107-7207" IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe" IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1683046415560" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="K, Ismail Döker, KhaustovK, Vladimir A. & JoharchiK, Omid" docDate="2022" docId="C75E878BFFC3FF93FE12FECAFB71FA15" docLanguage="en" docName="Acarologia.62.4.865-878.pdf" docOrigin="Acarologia 62 (4)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:0387F17C4AF9F8D6336E46CC5E5664D0.6:Acarologia.2018-.journal_article" docStyleId="0387F17C4AF9F8D6336E46CC5E5664D0" docStyleName="Acarologia.2018-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="6" docTitle="Neoseiulus houstoni" docType="treatment" docVersion="1" lastPageNumber="868" masterDocId="3B67FFF3FFC7FF97FFF9FF82FFA7FFB4" masterDocTitle="First report of plant inhabiting predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Maldives" masterLastPageNumber="878" masterPageNumber="865" pageNumber="868" updateTime="1683046510978" updateUser="GgImagineBatch" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0"> <mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>First report of plant inhabiting predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Maldives</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>K, Ismail Döker</mods:namePart> <mods:affiliation>Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia. & Cukurova University, Agricultural Faculty, Department of Plant Protection, Acarology Laboratory,</mods:affiliation> </mods:name> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>KhaustovK, Vladimir A.</mods:namePart> <mods:affiliation>Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia.</mods:affiliation> </mods:name> <mods:name type="personal"> <mods:role> <mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart>JoharchiK, Omid</mods:namePart> <mods:affiliation>Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia.</mods:affiliation> </mods:name> <mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource> <mods:relatedItem type="host"> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>Acarologia</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:part> <mods:date>2022</mods:date> <mods:detail type="pubDate"> <mods:number>2022-09-05</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:detail type="volume"> <mods:number>62</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:detail type="issue"> <mods:number>4</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:extent unit="page"> <mods:start>865</mods:start> <mods:end>878</mods:end> </mods:extent> </mods:part> </mods:relatedItem> <mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification> <mods:identifier type="ISSN">2107-7207</mods:identifier> </mods:mods> <treatment LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C75E878BFFC3FF93FE12FECAFB71FA15" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C75E878BFFC3FF93FE12FECAFB71FA15" lastPageNumber="868" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <subSubSection box="[491,876,328,354]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" type="nomenclature"> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,876,328,354]" box="[491,876,328,354]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <heading bold="true" box="[491,876,328,354]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" reason="3"> <taxonomicName ID-CoL="73VSZ" authority="(Schicha)" baseAuthorityName="Schicha" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[491,876,328,354]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="houstoni"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[491,876,328,354]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[491,749,328,354]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Neoseiulus houstoni</emphasis> (Schicha) </emphasis> </taxonomicName> </heading> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="868" type="reference_group"> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" box="[491,916,381,405]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <treatmentCitationGroup box="[491,916,381,405]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <treatmentCitation author="Schicha E." box="[491,912,381,405]" page="111" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" year="1987"> <taxonomicName authority="Schicha, 1987: 111" authorityName="Schicha" authorityPageNumber="111" authorityYear="1987" box="[491,912,381,405]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Amblyseius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="houstoni"> <emphasis box="[491,717,381,405]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Amblyseius houstoni</emphasis> <bibRefCitation author="Schicha E." box="[716,912,381,405]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" refId="ref9025" refString="Schicha E. 1987. Phytoseiidae of Australia and neighboring areas. West Bloomfield: Indira Publishing House. pp. 187." type="book" year="1987">Schicha, 1987: 111</bibRefCitation> </taxonomicName> </treatmentCitation> . </treatmentCitationGroup> </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" box="[531,640,415,439]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> ( <figureCitation box="[539,633,415,439]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="5.[119,186,1888,1909]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetId="figure-2@5.[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 3 Neoseiulus houstoni(Schicha, 1987) female. a – Dorsal shield, b – Ventrianal shield, c – Chelicera, d – Spermatheca, e – Leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus)." pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Figure 3</figureCitation> ) </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="868" type="materials_examined"> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[531,744,450,474]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Material examined</emphasis> — Two females collected from Maafushi Island, <collectingCountry box="[1270,1377,450,474]" name="Maldives" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Maldives</collectingCountry> , 3°56′40.5″ <geoCoordinate degrees="73" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" precision="1" seconds="35.2" value="73.49311">N 73°29′35.2″</geoCoordinate> E, <taxonomicName box="[647,862,484,508]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Terminalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="catappa"> <emphasis box="[647,862,484,508]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Terminalia catappa</emphasis> </taxonomicName> L. ( <taxonomicName box="[899,1057,484,508]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Combretaceae</taxonomicName> ) in <date box="[1098,1294,484,508]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" value="2021-12-25">25 December 2021</date> . </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="868" type="description"> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" box="[531,1480,519,543]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[531,697,519,543]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Measurements</emphasis> — <emphasis box="[740,913,519,543]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Female (n = 2)</emphasis> – Length of dorsal shield 278–288, width at level of </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <emphasis box="[491,515,554,578]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">s4</emphasis> 140–155, width at level of <emphasis box="[812,839,554,578]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">S2</emphasis> 150–157 ( <figureCitation box="[947,1055,554,578]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="5.[119,186,1888,1909]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetId="figure-2@5.[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 3 Neoseiulus houstoni(Schicha, 1987) female. a – Dorsal shield, b – Ventrianal shield, c – Chelicera, d – Spermatheca, e – Leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus)." pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Figure 3a</figureCitation> ). Six pairs of dorsal solenostomes ( <emphasis box="[1444,1485,554,578]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gd1</emphasis> , <emphasis box="[491,531,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gd2</emphasis> , <emphasis box="[545,585,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gd5</emphasis> , <emphasis box="[598,637,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gd6</emphasis> , <emphasis box="[651,691,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gd8</emphasis> and <emphasis box="[743,783,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gd9</emphasis> ). Setae measurements as follows: <emphasis box="[1154,1175,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">j1</emphasis> 18–22, <emphasis box="[1261,1282,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">j3</emphasis> 33–36, <emphasis box="[1369,1389,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">j4</emphasis> 18–19, <emphasis box="[1476,1496,589,612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">j5</emphasis> 18–20, <emphasis box="[571,592,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">j6</emphasis> 22–23, <emphasis box="[681,706,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">J2</emphasis> 25–28, <emphasis box="[794,818,623,646]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">J5</emphasis> 7, <emphasis box="[854,878,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">z2</emphasis> 32–33, <emphasis box="[965,989,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">z4</emphasis> 34–37, <emphasis box="[1077,1100,623,646]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">z5</emphasis> 21, <emphasis box="[1148,1176,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Z1</emphasis> 28–29, <emphasis box="[1264,1292,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Z4</emphasis> 45–47, <emphasis box="[1380,1408,623,646]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Z5</emphasis> 47–50, </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <geoCoordinate box="[491,550,657,681]" degrees="4" direction="south" minutes="44" orientation="latitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" precision="925" value="-4.7333336"> <emphasis box="[491,515,657,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">s4</emphasis> 44 </geoCoordinate> –45, <geoCoordinate box="[602,662,657,681]" degrees="2" direction="south" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" precision="925" value="-2.7"> <emphasis box="[602,629,657,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">S2</emphasis> 42 </geoCoordinate> –44, <geoCoordinate box="[716,772,657,681]" degrees="4" direction="south" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" precision="925" value="-4.383333"> <emphasis box="[716,743,657,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">S4</emphasis> 23 </geoCoordinate> –25, <geoCoordinate box="[830,887,657,681]" degrees="5" direction="south" minutes="20" orientation="latitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" precision="925" value="-5.3333335"> <emphasis box="[830,856,657,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">S5</emphasis> 20 </geoCoordinate> –23, <emphasis box="[944,967,657,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">r3</emphasis> 32, <emphasis box="[1015,1044,657,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">R1</emphasis> 29–33 and <emphasis box="[1170,1212,658,681]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">JV5</emphasis> 37–42. Distance between <emphasis box="[491,562,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">st1-st3</emphasis> 55–56, <emphasis box="[650,722,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">st2-st2</emphasis> 62–63, <emphasis box="[809,880,692,715]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">st5-st5</emphasis> 62–63; length of ventrianal shield 89–91, width at level of setae <emphasis box="[582,626,726,750]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">ZV2</emphasis> 70–73, width at level of anus 61–63, distance between preanal pores ( <emphasis box="[1387,1473,726,750]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">gv3-gv3</emphasis> ) </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> 17 ( <figureCitation box="[527,639,761,785]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="5.[119,186,1888,1909]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetId="figure-2@5.[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 3 Neoseiulus houstoni(Schicha, 1987) female. a – Dorsal shield, b – Ventrianal shield, c – Chelicera, d – Spermatheca, e – Leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus)." pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Figure 3b</figureCitation> ). Fixed cheliceral digit with three teeth (two apical and one basal) and pilus dentilis, movable digit with one tooth ( <figureCitation box="[936,1044,795,819]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="5.[119,186,1888,1909]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetId="figure-2@5.[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 3 Neoseiulus houstoni(Schicha, 1987) female. a – Dorsal shield, b – Ventrianal shield, c – Chelicera, d – Spermatheca, e – Leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus)." pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Figure 3c</figureCitation> ). Calyx of spermatheca 11–13 long ( <figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="5.[119,186,1888,1909]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetId="figure-2@5.[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 3 Neoseiulus houstoni(Schicha, 1987) female. a – Dorsal shield, b – Ventrianal shield, c – Chelicera, d – Spermatheca, e – Leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus)." pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Figure 3d</figureCitation> ). Chaetotaxy of legs as follows: Leg I; coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 2 3/1 2/2 2, genu 2 2/1 2/1 2, tibia 2 2/1 2/1 2. Leg II; coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> 2 3/1 2/1 1, genu 2 2/0 2/0 1, tibia 1 2/1 1/1 1. Leg III; coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 1/1 0/2 0, femur 1 2/1 1/0 1, genu 1 2/1 2/0 1, tibia 1 1/1 2/1 1. Leg IV; coxa 0 0/1 0/0 0, trochanter 1 1/1 0/2 0, femur 1 2/1 1/0 1, genu 1 2/1 2/0 1, tibia 1 1/1 2/0 1. Length of macrosetae as follows: <emphasis box="[491,554,1003,1027]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">SgeIV</emphasis> 23, <emphasis box="[604,657,1003,1027]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">StiIV</emphasis> 18–21, <emphasis box="[747,793,1003,1027]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">StIV</emphasis> 29–30 ( <figureCitation box="[867,975,1003,1027]" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="5.[119,186,1888,1909]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetId="figure-2@5.[103,1494,272,1835]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 3 Neoseiulus houstoni(Schicha, 1987) female. a – Dorsal shield, b – Ventrianal shield, c – Chelicera, d – Spermatheca, e – Leg IV (genu, tibia and basitarsus)." pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Figure 3e</figureCitation> ). </paragraph> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[531,751,1038,1062]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">World Distribution</emphasis> — <collectingCountry box="[793,890,1037,1061]" name="Australia" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Australia</collectingCountry> ( <bibRefCitation author="Schicha E." box="[906,1048,1037,1061]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" refId="ref9025" refString="Schicha E. 1987. Phytoseiidae of Australia and neighboring areas. West Bloomfield: Indira Publishing House. pp. 187." type="book" year="1987">Schicha 1987</bibRefCitation> ), <collectingCountry box="[1065,1130,1037,1061]" name="Brazil" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Brazil</collectingCountry> (reported as <taxonomicName authority="Kreiter" authorityName="Kreiter" authorityYear="2005" box="[1285,1474,1037,1061]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barreti"> <emphasis box="[1285,1303,1038,1061]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">N</emphasis> . <emphasis box="[1318,1399,1037,1061]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">barreti</emphasis> Kreiter </taxonomicName> by <bibRefCitation author="Furtado I. P. & Kreiter S. & Moraes G. & Tixier M. - S. & Flechtmann C. H. W. & Knapp M." box="[528,733,1072,1096]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" pagination="131 - 143" refId="ref7635" refString="Furtado I. P., Kreiter S., Moraes G. J de, Tixier M. - S., Flechtmann C. H. W., Knapp M. 2005. Plant mites (Acari) from Northeastern Brazil, with description of two new species of the family Phytoseiidae (Mesostigmata). Acarologia, 45: 131 - 143." type="journal article" year="2005"> Furtado <emphasis box="[615,679,1072,1096]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> 2005 </bibRefCitation> ), <collectingCountry box="[752,855,1072,1096]" name="Mauritius" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Mauritius</collectingCountry> ( <bibRefCitation author="Kreiter S. & Abo-Shnaf R. I. A." box="[870,1186,1072,1096]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" pagination="520 - 545" refId="ref8043" refString="Kreiter S., Abo-Shnaf R. I. A. 2020. New records of phytoseiid mites from Mauritius Island (Acari: Mesostigmata). Acarologia, 60: 520 - 545. https: // doi. org / 10.24349 / acarologia / 20204382" type="journal article" year="2020">Kreiter and Abo-Shnaf 2020</bibRefCitation> ), <collectingCountry box="[1203,1371,1072,1096]" name="Reunion Island" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Reunion Island</collectingCountry> (Kreiter <emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> 2020, reported as <taxonomicName authority="Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001" authorityName="Gondim Jr. & Moraes" authorityYear="2001" box="[726,1172,1106,1130]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="recifensis"> <emphasis box="[726,744,1107,1130]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">N</emphasis> . <emphasis box="[758,862,1106,1130]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">recifensis</emphasis> Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001 </taxonomicName> by <bibRefCitation author="Moraes G. & Castro T. M. & Kreiter S. & Quilici S. & Gondim Jr. M. G. & Sa L. A." box="[1218,1415,1106,1130]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" pagination="129 - 134" refId="ref8598" refString="Moraes G. J de, Castro T. M. G de, Kreiter S., Quilici S., Gondim Jr. M. G. C, Sa L. A. 2012. Search for natural enemies of Raoiella indica Hirst in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Acarologia, 52: 129 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / acarologia / 20122043" type="journal article" year="2012"> Moraes <emphasis box="[1301,1364,1106,1130]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> 2012 </bibRefCitation> ) and <collectingCountry box="[491,596,1141,1165]" name="Maldives" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Maldives</collectingCountry> (this study). </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="868" type="discussion"> <paragraph blockId="4.[491,1519,381,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868"> <emphasis bold="true" box="[531,634,1176,1200]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Remarks</emphasis> — <taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Schicha" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[676,896,1175,1199]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="houstoni"> <emphasis box="[676,896,1175,1199]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Neoseiulus houstoni</emphasis> </taxonomicName> was described by <bibRefCitation author="Schicha E." box="[1107,1258,1175,1199]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" refId="ref9025" refString="Schicha E. 1987. Phytoseiidae of Australia and neighboring areas. West Bloomfield: Indira Publishing House. pp. 187." type="book" year="1987">Schicha (1987)</bibRefCitation> based on the material collected on <taxonomicName box="[628,831,1210,1234]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Vigna" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="unguiculata"> <emphasis box="[628,831,1210,1234]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Vigna unguiculata</emphasis> </taxonomicName> ( <taxonomicName box="[839,947,1210,1234]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName> ): in Murray Island, <collectingRegion box="[1168,1302,1210,1234]" country="Australia" name="Queensland" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Queensland</collectingRegion> , <collectingCountry box="[1313,1414,1210,1234]" name="Australia" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Australia</collectingCountry> . Kreiter <emphasis box="[491,555,1244,1268]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> (2020) recently reported this species from <collectingCountry box="[1017,1189,1244,1268]" name="Reunion Island" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">Reunion Island</collectingCountry> . Based on the examination of the <typeStatus box="[565,611,1280,1304]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">type</typeStatus> materials, the authors suggested <taxonomicName authority="Kreiter" authorityName="Kreiter" authorityYear="2005" box="[969,1158,1279,1303]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barreti"> <emphasis box="[969,987,1280,1303]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">N</emphasis> . <emphasis box="[1002,1083,1279,1303]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">barreti</emphasis> Kreiter </taxonomicName> in <bibRefCitation author="Furtado I. P. & Kreiter S. & Moraes G. & Tixier M. - S. & Flechtmann C. H. W. & Knapp M." box="[1195,1421,1279,1303]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" pagination="131 - 143" refId="ref7635" refString="Furtado I. P., Kreiter S., Moraes G. J de, Tixier M. - S., Flechtmann C. H. W., Knapp M. 2005. Plant mites (Acari) from Northeastern Brazil, with description of two new species of the family Phytoseiidae (Mesostigmata). Acarologia, 45: 131 - 143." type="journal article" year="2005"> Furtado <emphasis box="[1286,1350,1279,1303]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> (2005) </bibRefCitation> and <taxonomicName authority="Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001" authorityName="Gondim Jr. & Moraes" authorityYear="2001" box="[491,935,1313,1337]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="recifensis"> <emphasis box="[491,509,1314,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">N</emphasis> . <emphasis box="[523,627,1313,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">recifensis</emphasis> Gondim Jr. & Moraes, 2001 </taxonomicName> as junior synonyms of <taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Schicha" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[1185,1309,1313,1337]" class="Arachnida" family="Phytoseiidae" genus="Neoseiulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="houstoni"> <emphasis box="[1185,1203,1314,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">N</emphasis> . <emphasis box="[1217,1309,1313,1337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">houstoni</emphasis> </taxonomicName> . Morphological characters and measurements of the Maldivian specimens are almost identical to the original descriptions and subsequent redescriptions of all three species mentioned above ( <bibRefCitation author="Schicha E." box="[1378,1515,1382,1406]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" refId="ref9025" refString="Schicha E. 1987. Phytoseiidae of Australia and neighboring areas. West Bloomfield: Indira Publishing House. pp. 187." type="book" year="1987">Schicha 1987</bibRefCitation> ; Gondim Jr. and Moraes 2001; <bibRefCitation author="Furtado I. P. & Kreiter S. & Moraes G. & Tixier M. - S. & Flechtmann C. H. W. & Knapp M." box="[822,1018,1417,1441]" pageId="4" pageNumber="868" pagination="131 - 143" refId="ref7635" refString="Furtado I. P., Kreiter S., Moraes G. J de, Tixier M. - S., Flechtmann C. H. W., Knapp M. 2005. Plant mites (Acari) from Northeastern Brazil, with description of two new species of the family Phytoseiidae (Mesostigmata). Acarologia, 45: 131 - 143." type="journal article" year="2005"> Furtado <emphasis box="[904,966,1417,1441]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> 2005 </bibRefCitation> ; Kreiter <emphasis box="[1115,1177,1417,1441]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="868">et al.</emphasis> 2020). </paragraph> </subSubSection> </treatment> </document>