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.
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Acarologia
2020
2020-05-11
60
2
449
468
journal article
8256
10.24349/acarologia/20204376
0e2179c4-a1e3-4a5a-be33-e4b9a094037d
2107-7207
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Phytoseius intermedius
Evans & Macfarlane
Phytoseius
(
Dubininellus
)
intermedius
Evans & Macfarlane 1962: 587
;
Denmark
1966: 70
;
Gupta 1977: 636
.
Phytoseius
(
Phytoseius
)
intermedius
,
Ehara 1972: 170
,
1975: 27
;
Prasad 1974: 171
;
Blommers
1976: 82;
Moraes
et al.
1986: 222
,
2004: 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.
2020) and was known from
La Réunion
(
Quilici
et al.
2000
;
Demite
et al.
2020
).
The biology of this species remains totally unknown. This is the most numerous species of
Phytoseius
in this study.
Specimens examined
:
13 ♀♀
in total.
Port-Mathurin
, City
Center
(
11 m
aasl, lat.
19°40
′
53
″
S
, long.
63°25
′
17
″
E
),
1 ♀
on
Cordia dichotoma
Forster (Boraginaceae)
,
3 ♀♀
on
Ziziphus mauritiana
L. (
Rhamnaceae
),
8/XI/2018
;
Anse aux Anglais
(
2 m
aasl, lat. 19°40
′
33
″
S, long.
63°26
′
05
″
E
),
6 ♀♀
on
C. dichotoma
,
11/XI/2018
;
Port Sud-Est
, Sea Front (
2 m
aasl, lat.
19°44
′
36
″
S
, long.
63°25
′
17
″
E
),
3 ♀♀
on
Cordia myxa
L. (
Boraginaceae
),
11/XI/2018
.
Remarks
: measurement values of morphological characters of specimens from Rodrigues and specimens from neighbouring countries are very close, especially for specimens from
La Réunion
(
Kreiter
et al.
2020c
).