Scapulaseius okinawanus (Ehara)

Fang, Xiao-Duan, Li, Jun & Wu, Wei-Nan, 2022, Phytoseiid mites of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, China (Acari: Mesostigmata, Phytoseiidae), Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 474-496 : 482-483

Scapulaseius okinawanus (Ehara)

Amblyseius (Amblyseius) okinawanus Ehara, 1967a: 72 .

Amblyseius okinawanus, Lo, 1970: 47 ; Wu, 1980: 44 ; Wu et al., 1991: 149, 1997a: 89; Jung et al., 2003: 193.

Neoseiulus okinawanus, Moraes et al., 1986: 91 .

Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) okinawanus, Ehara & Amano, 1998: 37 .

Scapulaseius okinawanus, Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 68 ; Wu et al., 2010: 298, 2021: 105.

World Distribution — China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hongkong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Taiwan), South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Russia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam.

Specimens examined — 38 ♀♀ and one ♂ collected at Ruyuan Grand Canyon (402 m asl, 24°31′14″ N, 113°07′28″ E ; 414 m asl, 24°31′14″ N, 113°07′28″ E ; 490 m asl, 24°31′18″

N, 113°07′29″ E), on A. lactiflora , A. baccharoides , B. eutuldoides var. eutuldoides , B. megacephala , C. cuspidata , C. concinna , F. hispida , O. compositus , O. frutescens and P. linearis ; 2 ♀♀ collected at Tianjingshan National Forest Park (435 m asl, 24°41′09″ N, 112°59′30″ E ; 684 m asl, 24°41′23″ N, 113°01′25″ E), on A. conyzoides and unknown plant; 2 ♀♀ collected at Guikeng Village (202 m asl, 25°01′06″ N, 113°18′26″ E ; 210 m asl, 25°01′04″

N, 113°18′25″ E), on C. reticulata and E. japonica ; 4 ♀♀ and one ♂ collected at Bibei Village (222 m asl, 25°0′57″ N, 113°16′53″ E ; 239 m asl, 25°0′57″ N, 113°16′51″ E) on E. thymifolia and P. clematidea .