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
Kuzinellus scytinus
(Chazeau)
Typhlodromus scytinus
Chazeau 1970: 6
.
Paraseiulus scytinus
,
Moraes
et al.
1986: 206
.
Kuzinellus scytinus
Moraes
et al.
2004a: 274
;
Chant & McMurtry 2007: 144
.
This species belongs to the
ecclesiasticus
species group that contains 36 species (Chant and McMurtry 20017) as setae of the dorsal shield are setiform.
This species was recorded in
Burundi
,
Rwanda
,
Australia
,
Madagascar
(
Demite
et al.
2019
) and it was already recorded in previous survey (
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 37. The biology of this species remains totally unknown.
Specimens examined
:
2 ♀♀
in total, both measured. Le 19
e–
Plaine des Caffres
,
JL Robert
farm (aasl
1000 m
, Long
55°32’9” E
, Lat
21°14’16” S
),
1 ♀
on
E. sonchifolia
,
15/12/2015
; Le Tampon – Bras de Pontho, Aldo Grace farm (aasl
661 m
, Long
55°29’48” E
, Lat
21°14’33” S
),
1 ♀
on
Ageratina riparia
(Regel) R.M.King & H.Rob.
,
21/2/2017
.
Table 35
Character measurements of adult females of
Phytoseius woodburyi
collected in this study with those in previous studies (localities followed by the number of specimens measured).
Characters
|
La Réunion
2, this study
|
Brazil
5
|
Guadeloupe
6
|
Holotype Puerto Rico
1
|
Dsl |
280 – 295
|
279 (265 – 310) |
286 (283 – 293) |
272 |
Dsw |
155 – 163
|
145 (140 – 150 |
160 (156 – 163) |
135 |
j1
|
28
|
29 (28 – 31) |
29 (26 – 31) |
28 |
j3
|
35 – 38
|
33 (33 – 35) |
31 (29 – 31) |
31 |
j4
|
6
|
5 (5 – 6) |
5 (5 – 7) |
6 |
j5
|
5
|
5 (5 – 6) |
5 (5 – 7) |
6 |
j6
|
6 – 8
|
5 (5 – 6) |
6 (5 – 7) |
6 |
J5
|
8
|
6 (5 – 8) |
7 |
6 |
r3
|
43 – 48
|
43 (40 – 46) |
44 (43 – 48) |
39 |
s4
|
138
|
118 (110 – 125) |
121 (115 – 130) |
119 |
s6
|
73 – 90
|
78 (73 – 82) |
81 (77 – 86) |
75 |
z2
|
14 – 15
|
13 (13 – 15) |
12 (7 – 14) |
13 |
z3
|
30 – 33
|
30 (28 – 33) |
31 (29 – 34) |
28 |
z4
|
12 – 15
|
12 (10 – 13) |
11 (10 – 14) |
9 |
z5
|
6
|
6 (5 – 8) |
5 (5 – 7) |
6 |
Z4
|
105 – 107
|
87 (85 – 91) |
89 (82 – 94) |
79 |
Z5
|
73 – 78
|
73 68 – 78) |
69 (65 – 72) |
72 |
st1-st1
|
55 – 58
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
st2-st2
|
63 – 66
|
58 (55 – 60) |
61 (60 – 62) |
-
|
st3-st3
|
70 – 73
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
st1-st3
|
58
|
55 (53 – 58) |
53 (48 – 55) |
-
|
st4-st4
|
88 – 95
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
st5-st5
|
65
|
58 (55 – 61) |
61 (58 – 65) |
-
|
Lisl |
25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Lisw |
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Vsl |
98
|
77 (65 – 99) |
87 (84 – 91) |
-
|
Vsw
ZV2
|
43
|
32 (28 – 45) |
35 (34 – 36) |
-
|
Vsw
anus
|
55
|
39 (35 – 47) |
48 (46 – 50) |
-
|
JV5
|
44 – 50
|
-
|
-
|
41 |
SgeIV
|
10 – 15
|
8 (8 – 9) |
10 (10 – 12) |
8 |
StiIV
|
48 – 50
|
49 (46 – 52) |
49 (48 – 50) |
46 |
StIV
|
28 – 30
|
27 (24 – 30) |
25 (22 – 29) |
20 |
SttIV
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
Scl |
10
|
8 (6 – 10) |
4 (2 – 5) |
-
|
Scw |
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Fdl |
20 – 23
|
21 (20 – 23) |
23 (22 – 24) |
-
|
No teeth Fd |
3
|
-
|
3 |
-
|
Mdl |
23
|
21 (18 – 25) |
21 (19 – 22) |
-
|
No teeth Md |
1
|
-
|
1 |
- |
Sources of measurements –
Brazil
:
Souza
et al.
(2015)
;
Guadeloupe
:
Kreiter & Moraes (1997)
;
Holotype
Puerto Rico
:
Denmark
(1966)
; -: not provided.
Remarks
: measurement values s (
Table 37
) for
2 females
of
K. scytinus
from
La Réunion Island
collected during this study are very similar from those obtained for females from
Madagascar
in the original description of
Chazeau (1970)
and from females collected from
Burundi
and
Rwanda
(
Moraes
et al.
2008
).