Phytoseiidae in European grape (Vitis vinifera L.): bio-ecological aspects and keys to species (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Author
Tixier, Marie-Stéphane
Author
Baldassar, Andrea
Author
Duso, Carlo
Author
Kreiter, Serge
text
Zootaxa
2013
3721
2
101
142
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3721.2.1
04f0570e-ea0e-4409-b137-eb88e83225ae
1175-5326
217326
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Phytoseiulus persimilis
Athias-Henriot
Phytoseiulus persimilis
Athias-Henriot, 1957: 347
.
Phytoseiulus riegeli
.—Dosse, 1958: 48.
Typhlodromus persimilis
.—Hirschmann, 1962: 75.
Phytoseiulus
(
Phytoseiulus
)
persimilis
.—Wainstein, 1962: 17.
Phytoseiulus tardi
(Lombardini)
.
—
Kennett & Caltagiorne, 1968: 571.
Phytoseiulus persimilis
.—Chant, 1959: 109; Moraes
et al
., 2004: 169; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 53.
Reports on
V
.
vinifera
in Europe
:
Greece
,
Italy
,
Spain
.
Reports on
V
.
vinifera
in non-European countries:
Australia
.
Reports not on
V
.
vinifera
:
Algeria
,
Australia
, Canary Islands,
Chile
,
Cuba
,
France
,
Greece
,
Israel
,
Italy
,
Morocco
,
Portugal
,
Reunion
Island
,
Spain
,
Tunisia
,
Turkey
,
USA
,
Venezuela
.
Remarks.
This species has been reported on a wide range of plants, essentially on herbaceous plants. It is reared and sold by several biofactories in the world. It is a very efficient natural enemy of
Tetranychus urticae
Koch
especially in greenhouses.