Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot 1957

Chatti, A., Kreiter, S., Lebdi-Grissa, K. & Ksantini, M., 2017, Phytophagous and predatory mites on olive trees in Tunisia. Catalogue, description of one new species and key for identification (Acari, Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae and Phytoseiidae), Acarologia 57 (2), pp. 233-254 : 240-241

Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot 1957

Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957: 347 .

Phytoseiulus riegeli Dosse, 1958: 48 .

Typhlodromus persimilis Hirschmann, 1962: 75 .

Phytoseiulus (Phytoseiulus) persimilis Wainstein, 1962: 17 .

Phytoseiulus persimilis Chant, 1959: 109 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 169; Chant and McMurtry, 2007: 53.

Distribution — Algeria, Australia, Canary Islands, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Lybia, Morocco, New Caledonia, Peru, Reunion Island, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, and USA (Demite et al. 2016).

Material examined — Sfax: Karkennah: Sidi Yousef (34°39’30.27"N, 10°59’42.70"E), March 2010, 3 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ ; May 2011, 5 ♀♀ ; Sidi Bouzid, Regueb (34°50’26.08"N, 9°47’49.20"E), May 2009, 4 ♀♀ .

Note — This species has been reported on a wide range of plants, essentially on herbaceous plants. It is reared and sold by several bio-factories in the world ( Tixier et al. 2013). It is a very efficient natural enemy of T. urticae especially in greenhouses ( Van Lenteren and Woets 1988).