New Phytoseiid Mites Of The French West Indies, With Description Of A New Species, And New Records (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Author
Kreiter, S.
Author
Mailloux, J.
Author
Tixier, M. - S.
Author
Le Bellec, F.
Author
Douin, M.
Author
Guichou, S.
Author
Etienne, J.
text
Acarologia
2013
2013-09-30
53
3
285
303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20132095
journal article
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10.1051/acarologia/20132095
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Euseius ovaloides
(Blommers)
Amblyseius
(
Amblyseius
)
ovaloides
Blommers, 1974: 147
.
Amblyseius ovaloides
Schicha and McMurtry, 1986: 177
;
Gutierrez and Etienne, 1986: 88
.
Euseius ovaloides
Quilici
et al.
, 1997: 284
;
Moraes
et al.
, 2000
;
Quilici
et al.
, 2000: 100
; 242;
Moraes
et al.
, 2001: 43
.
The biology of this species found only a few times in
Madagascar
(
Blommers, 1974
), Papua-New
Guinea
(
Schicha and Gutierrez 1985
),
Seychelles
(Schicha, 1987),
Reunion Island
, (
Quilici
et al.
, 1997
,
2000
), Guadeloupe, Martinique and Marie-Galante (
Moraes
et al.
, 2000
; Kreiter
et al.
, 2006) on various plants remains unknown. It was suspected to be a poorly active predator of tetranychid mites (
Gutierrez and Etienne, 1986
).
Previous Records — French Antilles (
Guadeloupe
and Marie-Galante) (
Moraes
et al.
, 2000
),
Madagascar
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Reunion Island
(Kreiter
et al.
, 2000),
Seychelles
(
Moraes
et al.
, 2004b
).
Specimens
examined —
Guadeloupe
, Basse-
Terre
,
Vieux-Habitants
,
Station Le Bouchu
du
CIRAD
,
16°03’N
,
61°45’W
, alt.
21 m
,
1 ♀
on
Spondias monbim
, Kreiter
coll.,
19 June 2008
; Grande-Terre, Vieux Bourg, Port,
16°21’N
,
61°31’W
, alt.
2m
,
1 ♀
on
Carica papaya
, Kreiter
coll.,
29 december 2008
; Basse- Terre, Viard, beach,
16°10’N
,
61°35’W
, alt.
4 m
,
1 ♀
on
Ricinus communis
, Kreiter and Rault
coll.,
1 January 2009
;
Martinique
,
Saint-Esprit
,
Quartier
RØgal,
14°32’N
,
60°58’W
, alt.
112 m
,
1 ♀
on
Spondias dulcis
, Kreiter
coll.,
15 November 2010
; Le Marin,
14°28’N
,
60°51’W
, alt.
112 m
,
3 ♀
on
Annona muricata
, Kreiter
coll.,
16 November 2010
; Le Lorrain, Morne DØgras,
14°48’N
,
61°05’W
, alt.
355 m
,
2 ♀
on
Carica papaya
, Kreiter
coll.,
22 November 2010
.
Remarks — the measurements and description of the specimens collected fit very well those given by
Moraes
et al.
(2000)
.