Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans)

Kreiter, Serge, Amiri, Karima, Douin, Martial, Bohinc, Tanja, Trdan, Stanislav & Tixier, Marie-Stéphane, 2020, Phytoseiid mites of Slovenia (Acari: Mesostigmata): new records and first description of the male ofAmblyseius microorientalis, Acarologia 60 (2), pp. 203-242 : 208-209

Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans)

Typhlodromus aberrans Oudemans 1930a: 48-49 .

Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) aberrans, Beglyarov 1957: 373 .

Amblyseius aberrans, Athias-Henriot 1958 b: 36 .

Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) aberrans, Chant 1959: 101 .

Paradromus aberrans, Muma 1961: 286 .

Amblyseius (Kampimodromus) aberrans, Pritchard & Baker 1962: 294 ; Wainstein 1962: 14; Ehara 1966: 25.

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) aberrans, Tseng 1976: 108 .

Kampimodromus aberrans, Muma & Denmark 1968: 234 ; Chant & McMurtry 2003b: 196: Moraes et al. 2004: 93; Chant & McMurtry 2007: 37.

Kampimodromus (Kampimodromus) aberrans, Karg 1983: 305 .

Typhlodromus vitis Oudemans 1930c: 99 (synonymy according to Chant 1955).

Kampimodromus aberrans is a very common species in orchards, vineyards and wild plants in Europe and in North-Africa where it might be closely associated with several species of spider and eriophyid mites ( Duso 1992; Schausberger 1997; Tixier et al. 1998, 2000a, b; Kreiter et al. 2000; Tsolakis and Ragusa 2017).

This species has been mentioned previously from Slovenia ( Miklavc 2006; Bohinc and Trdan 2013; Bohinc et al. 2018). With 324 specimens in total in 13 locations, it is one of the most commonly species found in this survey.

World distribution: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Caucasus Region, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.

Specimens examined: 227 ♀♀, 48 ♂♂ and 49 immatures in total. Bukovica (aasl 49 m, lat. 45°54’06”N, long. 13°39’30”E), 2 ♀♀ on Ficus carica L. ( Moraceae ), 20/VI/2018; Nova Gorica, Restaurant Pri hrastu (aasl 96 m, lat. 45°57’26”N, long. 13°38’50”E), 15 ♀♀, 1 ♂ and 1 immature on Morus alba L. ( Moraceae ), 20/VI/2018; Izola-Pivol (aasl 30 m, lat. 45°32’27”N, long. 13°40’51”E), 1 ♀ on Prunus cerasus L. ( Rosaceae ) and 1 ♂ on Juglans regia L. (Juglandacae), 21/VI/2018; Parecag (aasl 72 m, lat. 45°28’44”N, long. 13°37’49”E), 23 ♀♀ and 4 ♂♂ on P. cerasus and 47 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ on Prunus domestica L. ( Rosaceae ), 25 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ and 5 immatures on F. carica and 47 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ and 12 immatures on Diospyros kaki Thunberg (Ebenaceae) , 21/VI/2018; Dragonja (aasl 1 m, lat. 45°27’12”N, long. 13°39’43”E), 30 ♀♀, 15 ♂♂ and 3 immatures on F. carica , 21/VI/2018; Ljubljana, Hotel Azur (aasl 296 m, 46°02’42”N, 14°28’25”E), 5 ♀♀ on Corylus avellana L. ( Betulaceae ), 22/VI/2018; Lucija (aasl 22 m, lat. 45°30’30”N, long. 13°36’11”E), 2 ♀♀ on F. carica , 11/VII/2018; Sečovlje, Parecag 15 (aasl 10 m, lat. 45 28’50’‘N, long. 13 37’49’‘E), 7 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂ and 7 immatures on F. carica , 19/VI/2019; Sečovlje, 58a (aasl 3 m, lat. 45°28’43”N, long. 13°37’28”E), 1 ♀ and 1 immature on J. regia , 11 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ and 15 immatures and 1 ♀ and 1 immature on Aesculus hippocastanum L. ( Hippocastanaceae ), 19/VI/2019; Dragonja (aasl 3 m, lat. 45°27’32”N, long. 13°39’04”E), 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ and 2 immatures on Malus domestica Miller and 4 ♀♀ on Prunus pumila L. ( Rosaceae ), and 3 ♀♀ and 2 immatures on D. kaki , 19/VI/2019; Bertoki (aasl 28 m, lat. 45°32’55”N, long. 13°47’13”E), 2 ♀♀ and 1 immature on Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C.F. Liang & A.R. Ferguson (Actinidiaceae) , 19/VI/2019; Pragersko, Kvedrova ulica (aasl 250 m, 46°23’48”N, 13°40’11”E), 1 ♀ on Quercus rubra L. ( Fagaceae ), 20/VI/2019; Spodnje Škofije-Purissima (aasl 50 m, lat. 45°34’21”N, long. 13°46’31”E), 4 ♀♀, on Capsicum annuum L. ( Solanaceae ), 11/VII/2019.

Remarks: The description and measurements of the adult females collected agree with those provided by Tixier et al. (2003) for specimens from France and with Ferragut et al. (2010) for specimens from Spain.