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 7302 10.1051/acarologia/20132095 06c2a70d-6ed0-4fe6-a03e-6b928b12cb5c 2107-7207 4667233 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) .