Phytoseiid mites of Rodrigues Island (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Author
Kreiter, Serge
Author
Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A.
Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), 7 Nadi El-Seid Street, Dokii, 12611 Giza, Egypt.
text
Acarologia
2020
2020-05-11
60
2
449
468
journal article
8256
10.24349/acarologia/20204376
0e2179c4-a1e3-4a5a-be33-e4b9a094037d
2107-7207
4488033
Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
muliebris
van der Merwe
Typhlodromus
(
Anthoseius
)
muliebris
van der Merwe 1968: 28
;
Moraes
et al.
2004: 337
;
Chant
& McMurtry 2007: 155;
Ueckermann
et al.
2008: 69
.
Amblydromella muliebris
,
Moraes
et al.
1986: 168
.
Amblydromella
(
Amblydromella
)
muliebris
,
Denmark
& Welbourn 2002: 308
.
This species belongs to the large
rhenanus
species group (
Chant and McMurtry 1994
). It was described by
van der Merwe (1968)
from
South Africa
and then reported by
El-Banhawy and Knapp (2011)
from
Kenya
. The biology of that species is totally unknown. This is the first report of that species from a country outside the Africa continent.
World distribution
:
Kenya
,
South Africa
.
Specimens examined
: a single
♀
during this study.
Port-Mathurin
, City
Center
(
11 m
aasl, lat.
19°40
′
53
″
S
, long.
63°25
′
17
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Pandanus heterocarpus
Balfour (Pandanaceae)
,
8/XI/2020
.