Neoseiulus californicus ( McGregor 1954 )

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

Neoseiulus californicus ( McGregor 1954)

Typhlodromus californicus McGregor, 1954: 89 .

Amblyseius californicus Schuster and Pritchard, 1963: 271 .

Cydnodromus californicus Athias-Henriot, 1977: 62 .

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) californicus Ueckermann and Loots, 1988: 150 ; Ehara et al., 1994: 126.

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) californicus Ehara and Amano, 1998: 33 .

Neoseiulus californicus Moraes et al., 1986: 73 ; Moraes et al., 2004: 109.

Distribution — Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Uruguay, USA, and Venezuela (Demite et al. 2016).

Material examined — Cap Bon: Beni Kalled (36°36’44.77"N, 10°31’30.72"E), April 2010, 8 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂ , and August 2011, 10 ♀♀. Sidi Bouzid: Regueb (34°50’26.08"N, 9°47’49.20"E) May 2010, 3 ♀♀ .

Note — Neoseiulus californicus is used commercially around the world to control the two spotted spider mite and several other economically important mite species on several crop species ( Castagnoli and Simoni 2003).