Phytoseius guianensis

Moraes, Gilberto José De, Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2013, Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from natural ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 301-347 : 333

Phytoseius guianensis De Leon

Phytoseius guianensis De Leon 1965b: 18; Denmark & Muma 1973: 269; Moraes & McMurtry, 1983: 144; Lofego et al., 2004: 11; Moraes et al., 2004b: 239; Chant & McMurtry, 2007: 129; Guanilo et al., 2008a: 23; 2008c: 50. Phytoseius (Pennaseius) guianensis .—Moraes et al., 1986: 211.

Phytoseius (Phytoseius) guianensis .— Denmark, 1966: 23.

Specimens examined. Cananéia, October 2001, 1 female on Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. ; Pirassununga, December 2001, 1 female on Myrcia guianensis DC., 1 female on Heteropterys cf. cochleosperma and 1 female on Symplocos obovata A.DC.; São Carlos, December 2001, 1 female on Lithraea molleoides Engl

Previous records. Brazil [States of Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo (Moraes et al., 2004b); Pernambuco (Furtado et al., 2005); Paraná and Santa Catarina (Furtado et al., 2006)], Costa Rica and Guyana (Moraes et al., 2004b); Argentina (Guanilo et al., 2008a) and Peru (Guanilo et al., 2008c).

Remarks. The measurements of the specimens collected fit the original description and redescriptions of this species by Lofego et al. (2004) and Guanilo et al. (2008a; 2008c).