Phytoseiidae of La Réunion Island (Acari: Mesostigmata): three new species and two males described, new synonymies, and new records
Author
Kreiter, Serge
Montpellier SupAgro, UMR CBGP INRAE / IRD / CIRAD / SupAgro, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis
Author
Payet, Rose-My
CIRAD, Hortsys, Station de Bassin-Plat, 97410, Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France.
Author
Douin, Martial
Montpellier SupAgro, UMR CBGP INRAE / IRD / CIRAD / SupAgro, 755 Avenue du Campus Agropolis
Author
Fontaine, Olivier
SARL La Coccinelle, 6 Chemin Beaurivage, 97410 Saint-Pierre (La Réunion), France.
Author
Jacques
Author
Fillâtre
Armeflhor, 1 Chemin de l’IRFA, 97410 Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France.
Author
Bellec, Fabrice Le
HortSys, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, TA B- 103 / C, Campus international de Baillarguet, 34398
text
Acarologia
2020
2020-02-28
60
1
111
195
journal article
10.24349/acarologia/20204361
2107-7207
3879818
Phytoseius intermedius
Evans & Macfarlane
Phytoseius
(
Dubininellus
)
intermedius
Evans & Macfarlane 1961: 587
;
Denmark
1966: 70
;
Gupta 1977: 636
.
Phytoseius
(
Phytoseius
)
intermedius
,
Ehara 1972: 170
;
Prasad 1974: 171
;
Ehara 1975: 27
;
Blommers 1976: 82
;
Moraes
et al.
1986: 222
,
2004a: 242
;
Chant & McMurtry 2007: 129
.
Phytoseius
(
Phytoseius
)
yira
Pritchard & Baker 1962: 227
(synonymy according to
Denmark
1966
).
This species belongs to the
horridus
species group as setae
J2
and
R1
are absent (
Chant and McMurtry 1994
). It was recorded in several countries of Asia, Africa,
Madagascar
(
Demite
et al.
2019
) and was already known from
La Réunion
(
Quilici
et al.
2000
;
Demite
et al.
2019
).
If all details of collections were provided in previous papers, measurements of specimens collected and identified were not given. Measurements of specimens collected during this study are provided in table 33. The biology of this species remains totally unknown.
Specimens examined
:
7 ♀♀
+ 1 im. in total,
5 ♀♀
measured.
Saint-Joseph – Manapany
,
SCEA
Multiplantes
(aasl
404 m
, Long
55°35’37” E
, Lat
21°22’9” S
),
2 ♀♀
+ 1 im.
on
Mangifera indica
L.,
1 ♀
on
Rivina humilis
L.,
14/2/2017
;
Saint-Pierre
–
Bassin-Plat
CIRAD
Research Station
(aasl
153 m
, Long
55°29’18” E
, Lat
21°19’25” S
),
2 ♀♀
on
A. viridis
,
1 ♀
on
A. heterophyllus
,
27/2/2017
;
1 ♀
on
L. leucocephala
,
30/3/2017
.
Remarks
: measurement values of morphological characters of specimens from
La Réunion
(
Table 33
) and specimens from neighbouring countries are very close, especially for specimens from Africa. Some values for specimens from Asia are slightly lower.