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 73B3C2CF-BAEE-4ED0-9F87-1DD85B7802C3 Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga 1904: 178 . Phytoseius ( Dubininellus ) finitimus . — Wainstein, 1959: 1365. Phytoseius ( Pennaseius ) finitimus . — Pritchard & Baker , 1962: 223. Pennaseius finitimus . — Schuster & Pritchard, 1963: 279. Phytoseius ( Phytoseius ) finitimus . — Denmark , 1966: 16. Phytoseius finitimus .—Chant, 1959: 108; Moraes et al ., 2004: 252; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129. Reports on V . vinifera in Europe : France , Greece , Israel , Italy , Turkey . Reports on V . vinifera in non-European countries: Egypt , Tunisia , USA . Reports not on V . vinifera : Egypt , France , Greece , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Montenegro , Portugal , Spain , Tunisia , Turkey , USA . Remarks. This species is mainly reported in Mediterranean countries, and is especially frequent in Israel and Greece . It has been observed mainly on shrubs. The individuals found in France were initially attributed to the species Phytoseius plumifer (Canestrini & Fanzago) and indicated under this species name in Kreiter et al ., (2000). However, they were then re-attributed to the species P . finitimus (Kreiter et al ., 2002) . A big confusion between these two species has existed during a long time and a tentative solution has been proposed by Duso and Fontana (2002). We herein follow these authors and do not considered valid the synonymy between these species indicated in Moraes et al ., (2004).